Comments by "Orwellian Horseman of the Apocalypse" (@DennisMoore664) on "Rural Pharmacies Are Losing Money Administering the COVID Vaccine" video.

One more example of why profit shouldn't be a part of providing people with healthcare.
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@ZahdShah I am a highly educated and skilled professional but I have to accept the rate of pay me employer sets for my service - I also work for a hospital in a non-medical professional role (Medical Records Coding). Very few people who work in healthcare get to set their own rate of compensation. And if I relocated to a smaller city or rural community (and could find a job doing this) I'd probably make a lot less than I do currently. But my post is is less about the pharmacist or other trained healthcare provider and more about the for-profit system so many people are operating under. Pharmacies and doctors offices are are a vital part of any community. People working at them should expect to be fairly and well compensated for their role in providing those services. And it should be at a level that provides for a decent standard of living for the region and community. That we have the situation being described here in the United States is a sad testament to how little we value providing healthcare for everyone in this country. To be honest though I also don't believe anyone should expect to get rich by providing a vital service to a community. If someone wants to get rich they should get involved in some part of the financial service sector, develop a new app or some kind of widget that millions of people will buy, or become famous somehow and capitalize on that. If they want to help keep and make people healthy then do that but amassing wealth should be a side project.
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@barry-michael33 That's a good bit of fear mongering in our post Qanon environment. Say hello to Dr Tenpenny for me.
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@oldman2477 No one is suggeting that, but better yet - imagine a McDonald's cashier being paid like a doctor. Or even just enough so they can see the doctor and not have the co-pay for the visit and perscriptions mean it'll be a struggle to make it through until the next paycheck. Luckily most McDonald's employees certainly qualify for state medicaid programs or on some kind of social security medical program so at least there's that for the big expenses.
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@barry-michael33 I apply Godwin's law to people quoting bible verses as well, so I'm going to ignore you now. I also prefer Austin 3:16. Later.
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@tre.jluster2574 No, I'm flexible. Let's put a system in place that everyone pays into on a sliding scale and everyone can use and not have to worry about being bankrupted or harnessed with a lifelong debt. If people want to then pay into a private hospital system in addition to a robustly funded, staffed, and maintained public system that's okay, just no fiscally opting out of the public program.
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