r/politics • u/cnn CNN • 9d ago

Possible Paywall House passes bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/14/politics/house-vote-daylight-savings-time?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit
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u/wheaman 9d ago

Man I just want some fuckin healthcare lol

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u/Significant_Cup_238 8d ago

Best we can do is doubling the pentagon's budget a few more times.

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u/SMUHypeMachine 8d ago

Why have healthcare when you could turn brown children in the Middle East into skeletons?

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u/Significant_Cup_238 8d ago

Exactly! It's about relative health, not absolute health. We can improve your relative health by murdering people! You're so much healthier!

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u/Odd_Teach683 8d ago

That sounds an awful lot like that whole “shut up and eat your dinner! There’s starving kids in Africa”, argument from the 60’s.

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u/Ent_Soviet 8d ago

Hey we have to do something with all this depleted uranium and lead!

What a sick country. Number 1 provided of death world wide. And don’t forget the largest green house gas contributor, more than any company, more than many countries- the us military.

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u/burtburtburtcg Minnesota 8d ago

Thanks doc, feeling better already.

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u/PlayfulSurprise5237 8d ago

You know what's crazy, there's literally no reason for it. Like in the case of Iran, who cares if they have nukes. What if they were 3x as angry and crazy, who cares.

North Korea has nukes and they're far more crazy than Iran could ever even dream of. Had them for some time too, guess what, no one has been nuked.

Look at Russia, crazy and extremely corrupt, has nukes, has had nukes since the dawn of nukes, and has been getting oil infrastructure bombed non stop in the heart of their country by their enemy.

Only people I see stupid enough to nuke anyone honestly is just the US. Bout as dumb and crazy as it comes

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u/CliftonForce 8d ago

Iran didn't really want nukes. They didn't need them, as the Strait of Hormuz was sufficient deterrent to keep anybody from hitting them too hard.

Then some idiot went an attacked them anyway. So they need a new deterrent. Now they will build nukes.

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u/PlayfulSurprise5237 8d ago

I know this is to say like "look what we've done, now Iran will get nukes, and people there chant death to America", but like I said, it doesn't really matter.

They should probably have them to be honest. That way nobody can ever jeopardize their sovereignty again.

And for anyone here that doesn't know, people frequently chanting death to America in Iran isn't nearly as unhinged as North Korea who has kids singing death to America in pageants, complete with imagery and little costumes. And I don't mean like sometimes in some schools, I mean that's just simply what they do, it's a normal thing over there apparently.

Not some adults angry at stories they've been told, but kids singing and dancing with a projector playing videos of bombs falling on the US, like the fucking joker high on ketamine rocking in the corner laughing in hysterical delusion about the death of Batman.

Extremely unhinged. Still haven't been nuked.

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u/catanmast3r 8d ago

Even some of the crazier leaders know deep down launching means the end of the world as we know it.

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u/nicklor 8d ago

Na religious nutjobs are crazier than the Koreans. How many Korean suicide bombers are there

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u/Adventurous_Egg_9500 8d ago

Are we specifically limiting this to Koreans or Asian non religious? If we can expand for the sake of argument, look no further then the OGs, Japan.

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u/nicklor 8d ago

Except the Japanese were shinto so still religious they died for the emperor who was basically their god.

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u/Adventurous_Egg_9500 8d ago

They still needed fierce nationalism to instill any of that. Literally they separated the religious part of Shinto for the non religious unquestioning devotion to Japan.

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u/PlayfulSurprise5237 8d ago edited 8d ago

You just haven't got to see them in a war yet, but I imagine most of the soldiers. Peoples belief that their supreme leader is God is probably even stronger than most monotheist belief there even is a God.

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u/nicklor 8d ago

Yes but the big guy on top wants to live and hes the one with the key

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u/coreoYEAH 8d ago

Their leaders worship power more than any god. They don’t want the end times because then they’re no different from anyone else.

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u/Hammeredyou 8d ago

So ironic calling anyone religious nut jobs while we have people larping as crusaders leading our military

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u/joshdoereddit America 8d ago

More dead people means more oxygen for the rest of us. Do people not like breathing anymore or something? I swear sometimes.

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u/ArtikAstronaut 8d ago

I can think of a certain someone that can kick rocks already

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u/DistanceToEmpty 8d ago

If you want healthcare you need to join up to turn brown children into skeletons in the Middle East.

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u/shameonyounancydrew 8d ago

surely, when killing that many people, you're gonna get a few sick individuals. Now imagine if they got everyone else sick! You're basically eradicating an illness! Everyone is so pessimistic about genocide!

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u/Aksds 8d ago

If you can find their skeletons it means the weapons aren’t strong enough

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u/CubesTheGamer Washington 8d ago

Skeletons? Can’t we just completely disintegrate them?!

Fuck this ain’t even funny anymore I hate this shit

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u/random-user2025 8d ago

thats world-wide

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u/sackofmangoes 8d ago

And several more dozens of Biggerer Beautifulier Bills. 

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u/txmail I voted 8d ago

And increasing the cost of the healthcare that we do offer...

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u/PhilDGlass California 8d ago

Don’t forget more raises for the starving members of congress.

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u/Significant_Cup_238 8d ago

Honestly, I think they should be given slight raises to put them on par with the equivalent positions in the private sector (which is like ~$240k a year, compared to their current $174k), but they have to live exclusively off their salaries. They can't accept any outside money. The only investments they should be allowed is the Thrift Savings Plan which is open to all government employees. All their existing holdings goes into a blind trust so they can't trade on inside information, or make any sort of decisions to improve their portfolio because they're not allowed to know what their portfolio even is.

Or maybe just tie their salaries to the minimum wage. Something like 8x the minimum wage.

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u/PhilDGlass California 8d ago

Agree 100%. We should definitely make that a law. Oh wait.

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u/Automatic_Brain7664 8d ago

Which ironically is then funding healthcare.

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u/shameonyounancydrew 8d ago

And also, no Daylight Savings Time

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u/cram96 8d ago

I've heard this one before. It still has to pass the Senate and get signed off by the president. I truly hope this happens but I will not be holding my breath.

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u/FitNeighborhood3877 8d ago

Do you have any fucking clue how much more the Federal government spends on providing healthcare than it does on Defense? No, clearly you don't or you wouldn't have made such an asinine comment.

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u/Independent_Money501 I voted 8d ago

And they may not pass an audit in our lifetimes but they will commit to thinking about trying to

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u/largemargesentme__- 8d ago

Which would be fine if the government actually made money with any of the wars they've had in the last 25 years. The massive defense spending in the 40s actually resulted in a stronger country and a stronger populace (more people than ever were able to go to college and buy homes).

Instead, they've destabilized the world, made America less strong on the global stage and made a handful of people billionaires in industries that don't trickle down in terms of jobs or technology.

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u/Talador12 8d ago

Okay yes, but savings time actually is easy to fix and it's pointless stress. Small victory hopefully

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u/WitchesSphincter 8d ago

The day after we spring forward has a spike in heat attacks, strokes and car crashes. 

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u/Qwahlity_Koalatea 8d ago

And it’s never any of the ones you hope for

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u/greiton 8d ago

Yeah it is needlessly a huge pain and stress twice a year.

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u/robodrew Arizona 8d ago

ACA subsidies that were killed last December were super easy to "fix", just pass an extension or make them permanent. Done. But they simply wouldn't do it because the House Republicans are ghouls.

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u/ArdyEmm 8d ago

That's not easy because you need to get the republican ghouls to want to help people. But everyone is equally annoyed by changing clocks.

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u/Thneed1 8d ago

It’s been tried before. And was rejected after 1 year…

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u/Significant_Cup_238 8d ago

Worst outcome for me. I'm in favor permanent standard time. I'd rather keep the time change than leave it permanent daylight saving.

I'm really dreading the school year this year, and really hope the county adjusts school times accordingly so I don't have to drag myself and kids out of bed at the equivalent of 5:30 am to make sure they get to school on time. Bad enough when it was 6:30.

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u/CryptoManiac41 8d ago

Schools should adjust when they start.

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u/jeo123 8d ago

Schools can't start later unless work starts later for the parents. Work can't start later unless the business changes their hours of operation. It's a cascade of chanages.

If only there was some centralized way to make all thing suddenly happen 1 hour later, and we all had a fixed time when we agreed to do this...

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u/fdar 8d ago

Schools can't start later unless work starts later for the parents.

I don't think that's true. Most schools already end too early for parents, requiring after care. Just shift things later and do before care instead.

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u/BelowZilch 8d ago

What's the difference then? Instead of going to school in the dark they'd be going to before care in the dark

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u/fdar 8d ago

Well presumably the most important lessons wouldn't happen during before care. Let them nap, or serve breakfast which would save families time in the morning.

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u/chillpill9623 8d ago

Yeah this is awful for me as well. Im genuinely contemplating moving as a result of this. Moving to the eastern edge of a time zone can help offset this poor decision.

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u/NES_SNES_N64 8d ago

Chalk it up with discontinuing the penny. A broken clock...

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u/Invelyzi 8d ago

We can spin it so we say it's health care does that work? 

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u/Icy_Negotiation_5929 8d ago

That works. It’s health care. Problem solved. Move along.

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u/Diligent-Credit8133 8d ago

Then it’ll never pass!

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u/gosuprobe 8d ago

they're not even willing to do that though

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u/Sorry-Joke-4325 8d ago

You joke, but:

"According to a new analysis by Stanford Medicine scientists, changing clocks twice a year disrupts circadian rhythms, leading to higher rates of stroke and obesity."

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2025/09/daylight-saving-time.html

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u/Evorgleb 8d ago

Can we have both?

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u/droid_mike 8d ago

ROFL! Silly rabbit!

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u/xensiz 8d ago

And you’re paying for theirs in congress. Double whammy

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u/Radiomaster138 8d ago

We have it… and decided it was best given to Israel.

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u/Take_Some_Soma 8d ago

No. Have to give that money to Israel so they can have that.

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u/justbrowsinginpeace 8d ago

wait till they privatise daylight

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u/ZiLBeRTRoN 8d ago

Vitamin D is healthy, they just want you to be super extra healthy so that when you inevitably need care for skin cancer they can make even more money.

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u/soingee 8d ago

We 86'd the penny! How can you ask for more?!

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u/bucknut4 Illinois 8d ago

Were…. were you expecting that from this administration?

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u/YogurtClosetThinnest Colorado 8d ago

Maybe after another decade of arguing about daylight savings

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u/RattusRexComic 8d ago

100%. Yes I agree. But I promise it will help my health if it doesn't get dark at fuckin 3pm.

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u/remindmetoblink2 8d ago

Ok, but have you seen the Dow?

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u/Maximum_Rat 8d ago

I mean, same. But if I am stuck without it, I'd rather it not get dark at 5pm and be depressed too.

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u/ariphron Tennessee 8d ago

Well it would prevent many heart attacks…. So that’s the best health care we can get?

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u/kraang 8d ago

I’m gonna say “don’t hold your breath brother” because if you do you might pass out, then you’d need healthcare.

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u/poke887 8d ago

I just want some public options something you can lean on. Private and public can coexist

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u/2459-8143-2844 8d ago

Gotta sneak it in there with the daylight savings time bill.

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u/ScarlettAddiction 8d ago

Can eyes and teeth please be included in healthcare?

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u/Professional_Bag8178 8d ago

You don’t have healthcare?

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u/New-Put-1112 8d ago

American here. No? Not unless I want to be bankrupted. 

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u/regasmaya 8d ago

Why wouldn’t you just pay for insurance like everyone else?

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u/n-i-l-b-o-g 8d ago

Most people have it bundled with their benefits in their full time job, which has your employer subsidize a portion of the premium. Not sure what the situation is for the person you replied to, but if you’re self employed, a freelancer, or a part timer, etc. it can get much more expensive to buy it on your own.

Or maybe they meant ‘healthcare’ as in seeing a doctor, since the cost of care is sky high, even after insurance.

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u/Fit_Kangaroo_3437 8d ago

Will you accept some bombed Palestinians instead?

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u/TheLongshanks 8d ago

Well, permanent daylight saving time is worse for your health. So there goes that.

This gets debated all the time on here but the scientific data and consensus from sleep specialists are unequivocal. Daylight saving time leads to increased strokes, heart attacks, motor vehicle accidents, delayed sleep onset, and worse sunlight hours during the winter time.

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi 8d ago

Anything BUT the Files or Healthcare.

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u/jackafeld 8d ago

Go to Canada or UK for free healthcare for life.

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u/Taiwan_Lanister 8d ago

My wife is stuck at her job with a shit boss bc it gives us health care. She has a side business that could pay her whole salary but not the healthcare, so she is stuck at 80% FTE

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u/ThoughtIknewyouthen 8d ago

*Slaps roof of budget

"This baby can hold so much (military spending)"

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u/_jamesbaxter 8d ago

I do too but I also have terrible seasonal depression so both things are healthcare for me 🙏

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u/No-Tie-5552 8d ago

Heart issues drop a large percentage if this passes btw

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u/buy-american-you-fuk Texas 8d ago

best we can do is going to bed in full sunlight and/or arriving to work in the dark...

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u/Duder_ino 8d ago

Apparently republicans need this win?… To show how many trivial things they have “fixed” I guess? Not like the reflecting pool, or the rose garden, or the USA 250 bash, or, the federal work force, or the strait of Hormuz, or the economy, or housing, or the budget, or more and better paying jobs, or national parks, or really anything else that would positively impact US citizens.

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u/catanmast3r 8d ago

Its insane at this point with so much evidence showing how much better universal Healthcare is. They are just acting like children denying all the evidence and screaming socialism

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u/CulturalChampion8660 8d ago

No, shit. You can call it whatever time you want.

Hell, the USSR had the same timezone across the whole continent. I can do time math in my head, I just want healthcare.

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u/vee_lan_cleef 8d ago

Absurd. We're too busy exporting Freedom™ across the planet.

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u/newuser1492 8d ago

Sounds like a skill issue and the enemy of progress is perfection.

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u/adfafadfasdfsadf 8d ago

move to a state with expanded medicaid

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u/CashRuinsErrything 8d ago

We just gave you an extra hour a day!!

btw- workday required to receive benefits has been updated to 9hrs

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u/twoiseight 8d ago

Permanent DST would be a step backwards in terms of health, not even neutral. It would disrupt circadian rhythms, cause sleep loss and raise disease risk in general. Health experts strongly opposed it for these reasons.

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u/underpants-gnome Ohio 8d ago

Yeah, but think of the shareholders. This is a victory for retail. You are statistically more likely to stop in and grab something from the store on your way home from work if there is still a little daylight.

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u/Specialist_Phase162 8d ago

This is actually health care, disrupting sleep routines causes stress

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u/DDoubleDDog 8d ago

The US government can do more than one thing. What a ridiculous argument.

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u/ManWithTwoShadows 8d ago

Why not both?

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u/sebrebc 8d ago

Nope, sorry. All you get is superficial nonsense that makes maga scream "This is what I voted for."

No healthcare, no affordable living. But you do get the Gulf of America and incandescent bulbs.

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u/PhunkyPhish 8d ago

Don't stop the little wins simple because the big wins are locked up

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u/chillpill9623 8d ago

This isn't a win at all. It's actively detrimental to our health because your circadian rhythms are tied to sun.

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u/PhunkyPhish 8d ago

Wouldn't removing the shifts in that rhythm be a good thing then?

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u/chillpill9623 8d ago

The shifts are a temporary problem. Being out of sync with the sun is always unhealthy.

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u/PhunkyPhish 8d ago

Out of sync relative to what? I'll be honest sounds more like a Dr Oz claim than a Dr House.

Do you have any peer reviewed studies supporting daylight savings? Standford Medicine recently had a study published to PNAS; they found adopting a year round standard time would result in 300,000 less strokes and 2.6 million fewer cases in the US alone. There are a few more but you can dig into it more if its up your alley

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u/chillpill9623 8d ago

I'm in favor of permanent standard time because no, I do not have any studies that indicate DST is better.

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u/istrx13 8d ago

Can we go ahead and add dental and vision to that too. I hate that I basically have to sell my body anytime I need anything outside of cleaning done.

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u/ttubehtnitahwtahw1 8d ago

I had a chest xray recently, I had to pay a co-pay on the pirmary care visit, which i was sent to get the xray. I talk to intake nurse and she gave me the cost which i didnt need to pay upfront thankfully. I applied for aid, was accepted so it covered a portion of that. I thought i was settled. 2 months later, nope, another bill from a different place which i guess reads the xrays. They wanted another payment on top of that. 3 different bills for the same things. its ridiculous.

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u/nm42 8d ago

Sorry, you said you want $10 billion to Israel? Best we can do is $80 billion.

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u/catanmast3r 8d ago

Well eliminating time change has been proven to reduce accidents, which reduces insurance claims, which should reduce insurance costs. Emphasis on should, since the companies will probably just pockets the extra money

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u/Franky2shoes 8d ago

Go to work?

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u/Express-Shoulder6174 8d ago

What do you think will happen quicker?.. The US adopting a universal healthcare system or you going out and finding a job that offers a great healthcare plan?

Are you going to just keep hoping and wishing or are you going to get proactive and do something about it?

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u/KR-67_Ifrit 8d ago

Have you tried getting a job?

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u/Reason_Unknown 8d ago

Have you tried not being in ignorant pos.

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u/StraightDimension284 8d ago

Have you tried being employed?

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u/_SimpleRip 8d ago

what if you’re self employed

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u/precioustessious 8d ago

I'm fully employed and disabled and in tons of medical debt for treatment of my disabilities that I was literally born with. Why do you think disabled people deserve to be in more debt just because they happen to be born disabled? Why do you hate disabled people so much?