For Her Head Cold, Insurer Coughed Up $25,865

Re:For Her Head Cold, Insurer Coughed Up $25,865 by rayhendricks on Monday December 23, 2019 @02:14PM (#21866321)

I was referring to the non-transferability of health insurance in the USA; e.g. you get fired at Microsoft or anywhere with great healthcare and that is only extendable temporarily via COBRA. Then you either have to find another job or get insurance through one of the Obamacare exchanges. What I am arguing is that this reduces the mobility of labor.

Also as someone who has switched jobs in the last year setting up new insurance/dentist/optometrist multiple times is a absolute waste of my time and would be entirely eliminated if we stopped tying insurance to the employer.

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Re:For Her Head Cold, Insurer Coughed Up $25,865 by shantly on Monday December 23, 2019 @02:23PM (#21866410)

Our current system puts a huge time burden on healthcare "consumers" despite being vastly more expensive than any remotely similarly-effective system. This time burden falls largely, though not entirely, on the sick and their families. It's straight-up inhumane, given it's clearly not necessary.

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Re:For Her Head Cold, Insurer Coughed Up $25,865 by ska on Monday December 23, 2019 @05:05PM (#21867879)

It sounds to me like you are agreeing with the post you replied to, then ... which was confusing.

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