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Hospitals are seeing more uninsured patients showing up, and more people are putting off surgeries due to lack of insurance. This is likely caused by Trump policies limiting ACA credits and making it harder to qualify for help.
To offset losses due to treating uninsured people for free, hospitals will raise prices.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4D5JkFB8VA
The US has the highest inflation of the G7.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVpb3IAZs6U
Congress passed a bill designed to lower housing costs, but Trump refused to sign it, saying he won’t sign it until Congress also forces everyone to get a special ID to vote–an obviously unrelated issue mostly based on lies about the extent of voter fraud, which is practically zero.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIrWPmHiEqc
Food delivery apps make it so hard to know upfront what the final cost of the food and delivery will be…that it disrupts market competition because it’s too hard for customers to compare based on price. They do this on purpose, and they forbid anyone aggregating their data to compare prices for consumers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Eq5jzsu1xU
Finance guys made money while making Chipotle a worse restaurant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vibT_eZdD4
McDonald’s is a real estate and big data tech company. It is selling convenience, not cheap food or good food. Its goal is to manipulate the customer to come in and buy profitable items.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIOW2HKgzPk
“Prices rose 3.8% in April compared to a year earlier, marking an increase from a year-over-year inflation rate of 3.3% in the prior month. Annual inflation jumped to its highest level in three years, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data showed.
As recently as February, inflation stood at 2.4%, clocking in just a tick above the Federal Reserve’s target level of 2%.
The jump in prices last month owed in large part to a sharp rise in costs for products impacted by a global oil shock. Gasoline prices were 5% higher in April than March, the BLS report said. Airline fares climbed 2.8% from the previous month.”
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/inflation-report-show-latest-prices-090527890.html
The Iran war has been great for Russia so far. It’s oil is worth more thanks to the war. Some sanctions on its oil have been lifted by Trump as he tries to lower gas prices. The many munitions used by the US in the war mean there are fewer for the Europeans to buy for Ukraine. It allows Russia and China to go around the world saying how evil the US is, unjustly attacking a global south country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LvPObzkF-8
Iran is predictably limiting shipping in the Strait of Hormuz as a result of Trump’s attack on Iran, sending oil prices higher. Removing the Jones Act won’t move the needle while the war drives oil prices higher.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zenHFm60xKM
Middle Eastern oil producers are producing less oil because they can’t ship as much due to the war.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8MqBuaD5Xw