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Re:Build Your Own ‘Medicare for All’ Plan. Beware: There Are... by snuxoll on Friday February 22, 2019 @12:41PM (#19227253)
Even other developed nations often have some form of cost-sharing, I think having some small charge helps offset administrative costs and prevents people from going to the doctor for every cold.

What we have right now with deductibles and co-insurance is ludicrous though, that shit needs to go.

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Re:Build Your Own ‘Medicare for All’ Plan. Beware: There Are... by kenhwang on Friday February 22, 2019 @12:48PM (#19227346)
Taiwan had to introduce cost-sharing for pharmaceuticals because of abuse of the system. I truly because cost-sharing is necessary to keep total costs reasonable and unnecessary visits down.

Plus, it offers a minor incentive to actually be healthy. Health should be a personal responsibility just as much as a government responsibility. I don't support subsidizing unhealthy habits.

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