As most dictators, including Trump and his handlers, know.

A healthy, well educated and informed citizenry is a threat to the abuse of power and corrupt governance.

Dutton is working from the same manifesto.

He is not interested in you or democracy, his only goal is unfettered power and influence.

#auspol #election #Election2025 #senate #houseofrepresentatives #vote #vote2025 #federalelection #australia #australiavotes #AUKUS #stopaukus #Medicare #pbs #universalhealthcare

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-02/dutton-flags-cuts-to-education-health-spending-election-2025/105125764?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

Edit: corrected typo

Huge news this morning. The federal government has announced the final phase of the NDP Canada Dental Care Plan, which my NDP colleagues and I fought so hard for. As of May, the plan will cover ALL Canadians who don’t have insurance and whose household income after taxes is less than $90,000.

Details here: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/news/2025/03/canadian-dental-care-plan-expands-to-include-millions-of-new-eligible-canadians.html

#Washington Could Have Had Universal Healthcare? #UniversalHealthcare

Two bills died in committee during the current legislative session. Those bills would have established a system of universal healthcare for Washington State residents.

“So, if everyone loves universal healthcare and all the politicians involved say they do too, why the hell didn’t it get a hearing?”

https://www.thestranger.com/news/2025/03/17/79971060/we-could-have-had-universal-healthcare

I stand corrected.
We received a bill for my husband's trip to the French public hospital ER.

That was early February, 6 hours there.
1 lab test.
1 electrocardiogram
1 brain scan
Total: 297.74 euros ($322.42).
I've put the detail in the alt-text.

That's the bill with NO insurance.

I'm pretty, pretty, pretty sure it's still way below what people would pay in the US.

Americans, how would you like to join Canada as part of New British Columbia, New Alberta, New Saskatchewan, New... ?

Seems a great solution for everyone tbh

Hey Fediverse!

Want to get the latest updates on what's going on with Whole Washington and the #UniversalHealthcare movement?

Catch our latest All Hands Meeting on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/NPySG1AR35s

"Bad thing in another country horrifies, driving support for the opposite at home"

I think it helped in #Germany

I think it will help in #Canada

So the fate of the #USA is to be an example of what poor #gunControl, no #universalHealthcare, and what an unchecked #plutocrat-#bigot #political axis does to a motherfucker:

Sane observant #citizens in other #democracies can avoid our fate

"Anti-#Trump sentiment drives dramatic upturn in fortunes for Canada’s #Liberals"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/26/canada-liberal-party-poll

If Republicans are really going to defund Medicaid and the ACA subsidies, then California may as well pass CalCare.

If Republicans are really going to defund Medicaid and the ACA subsidies, then California may as well pass CalCare. #UniversalHealthCare

Rapid unscheduled disassembly of #affordablecareact underway nationwide.

Spare me cruel comments about how people who did not vote or voted “for this” deserve to have no health care now, when heretofore you were saying #universalhealthcare and #universalbasicincome belong to everyone. Everyone includes fools who are deficient in judgment, in our judgment.

https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2025/02/20/advocates-worry-funding-cut-could-threaten-health-care-access-in-wnc/78639785007/

it's time
postcards for policies

For-profit healthcare only benefits those that stand to make money from your suffering! https://www.saltwire.com/prince-edward-island/pei-health-coalition-warns-private-health-delivery-will-be-more-costly-for-taxpayers #universalhealthcare #cdnpoli

New server, new #Introduction
Greetings! I am a resident of the Pacific Northwest, USA. Currently surviving the mess in the US as best I can, so I occasionally drop an F-bomb. Sorry, not sorry.