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Re:Can We Survive the Next Financial Crisis? by gascan on Monday September 10, 2018 @08:07PM (#17956169)
Aren't these two things mutually incompatible? How do you have universal healthcare that doesn't let anyone be bankrupted by their illness, where participation is also voluntary?

And isn't voluntary collective healthcare just another way to describe private insurance companies, especially HMO's?

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Re:Can We Survive the Next Financial Crisis? by zaarn on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @03:37AM (#17957831)
Well, with universal and mandatory healthcare you wouldn't be bankrupted by your illness since the insurance covers it. The population at large pays for the few that need the expensive treatments.
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