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Friday, June 19, 2026

More than 1,000 hospitals, clinics, and health service providers have closed, are at risk of closure, or have cut essential services since Donald Trump and the Republicans slashed national health care funding ...

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Devastating. When hospitals close, hundreds of people have to find new jobs and even more have to travel further to get healthcare. We need to pass Medicare for All to save hospitals like Sturgis all over the country.

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-- Abdul El-Sayed (@abdulelsayed.bsky.social) 12:57 PM · Jun 18, 2026

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The impact of the 'Big Beautiful Bill' is starting to take terrible effect, before the Tuesday 3 Nov 2026 election, when afterwards more painul cuts will be felt. Earlier this year House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) ominously warned that to reduce the budget deficit that Republicans themselves created, all "cards were on the table," including unethically taking funds from Medicare and Social Security.

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Billions of dollars go to Israel every year to kill Muslims in the Middle East, billions of dollars have been transferred to super-wealthy oligarchs in the US, and billions of dollars will go to Iran to help them move from 95% to 100% coverage under their universal healthcare plan. And since Russian oligarchs have invested heavily in Iran, they will benefit from Dummkopf Trumpf's largesse.

Meanwhile, in our insidious for-profit healthcare system, an average 630,000 Americans declare bankruptcy every year over exorbitant and unpayable medical bills, a crisis unheard of in Israel, Germany, Canada, Cuba, Greenland, Taiwan, tiny Albania, Iran, Mexico, and the UK.

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-18 12:51 PM | Reply

Gosh, the 2024 Democrats sure paid a steep price on Tuesday 5 Nov 2024 to appease AIPAC and Israel that the rest of us in America -- Jews, Christians, Buddhists, Muslims, atheists, Catholics, Baptists, Orthodox, Hindus, Sikhs-- all have to pay for today in billions and billions of dollars and hundreds and thousands of medical bankruptcies every year.

And the US is still more than a galaxy and a half away from universal healthcare, as enjoyed by the residents of Israel, Germany, Canada, Taiwan, Cuba, tiny Albania, Greenland, 95% of Iran, and Mexico in 2027.

Wow.

Great job, corporate and AIPAC Dems!

Who are the Democrats fielding for POTUS in 2028? John Fetterman, Josh Shapiro, or Kamala Harris (again)?

That will certainly recapture 6,265,888 supporters they lost on Tuesday 5 Nov 2024.


#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-18 05:15 PM | Reply

The majority of these facilities will be in bright red rural communities forcing MAGA voters to drive for hours for medical care.

One voter who voted for stinky has said they closed the facility where he gets his dialysis. His response was "I guess I'll just die now."

Y'all voted for this.

Enjoy.

The fact that people are dying in the US is not that there is not enough money to solve the problem, it is the fact that the greed of the 1% cannot be satisfied.

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-06-19 08:35 AM | Reply

One voter who voted for stinky has said they closed the facility where he gets his dialysis. His response was "I guess I'll just die now."

Well, that's life.
~ Jim Jones
Cult Leader
Deceased

#4 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-06-19 08:43 AM | Reply

Lots of Red State facilities to close. On the bright side, those states are so Red now that the impending deaths of thousands of voters will not affect the outcome of elections, other than having fewer ballots to count.

In many parts of Okiehomie, one must drive for more than an hour to reach an emergency room, or to deliver a baby. Making America Great Again, one unintended death of complicated birth at a time...

#5 | Posted by catdog at 2026-06-19 04:58 PM | Reply

In many parts of Okiehomie, one must drive for more than an hour to reach an emergency room, or to deliver a baby

Unreal.

21st century Amerikkka.

#6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-19 05:14 PM | Reply

"forcing MAGA voters to drive for hours for medical care."

Thoughts And Prayers.
Nothing Can Be Done.

#7 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-06-19 06:58 PM | Reply

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