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Re:People Lose Their Employer-Sponsored Insurance Constantly by kjdndisneinj on Wednesday April 17, 2019 @08:30PM (#19687672)
So now not only do I have to spend several days on the phone each year with my insurance company, on top of figuring out which plan I want every new job, but I also need to watch a bunch of videos about kidney-replacement options for when I get in a car accident? And what heart attack care is available? And how many $1000 Ti screws they should put in my leg when I shatter it rock climbing? And somehow the collective time-wasting is going to be somehow cheaper for all of us?

I always wonder if you libertarians are doing a bit, because it sure seems like it.

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Re:People Lose Their Employer-Sponsored Insurance Constantly by Scoundreller on Thursday April 18, 2019 @12:47AM (#19688792)
You get some agent to do the heavy lifting in agreement with your parameters.

It’s a solution to the problem of “I continued to choose to live in an environment without health insurance, how do I handle the situation of not being in a position to negotiate?”

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Re:People Lose Their Employer-Sponsored Insurance Constantly by munk-a on Thursday April 18, 2019 @01:10AM (#19688884)
The agent I choose it the government, which I am proposing becomes the common agent of all Americans and advocates for all of us - since the expertise to act as a rational agent in this setting is unavailable to most citizens.

This extreme libretarianism stuff is pure BS, health care services in an emergency cannot exist as a free market.

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Re:People Lose Their Employer-Sponsored Insurance Constantly by Scoundreller on Thursday April 18, 2019 @01:26AM (#19688931)
Oh, I agree. But most Americans actively vote against that system.

As for those uninsured that just broke their ____ and are not in a position to start calling around, having pre-negotiated rates for the best pricing against all hospitals within a reasonable time’s transport would save a pile of cash. There’s no shortage of hospitals or excess capacity in the US.

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