I have a theory that many of the people who thought Karen's purchase of Twitter would work out and would be a good thing have never had to deal with real, painful consequences of being disappointed by someone with power.
By that, I mean: it takes a certain kind of outlook to be able to look at someone and say yes, while in theory there's a good path forward, the *person* and their behavior indicates not just disappointment but likely harmful disappointment that needs planning for.
Shorter version: my theory is that the people who thought Elon would pull it off and discounted the possibility of his complete and utter omnipolyshambles because they have never, ever had to deal with real, personal, painful consequences of such behaviour.
20% of all American adults are on a financing plan to pay medical or dental debt. That's 50 million people. 25% of them, 12.5 million, are on plans paying interest.
Greatest country in the world. Healthcare is broken.
Private equity buying into healthcare providers *and* stacking financial services on top, what could go wrong?
Meanwhile, city governments -- local governments on the sharp end of delivery and ensuring there are social services for people -- are starting to do things like use taxpayer money to buy up private medical debt and forgive it. $1.6m forgives up to $240m buzzfeednews.com/article/steffi…