We Don’t Need to Work So Much (2015)

Re:We Don’t Need to Work So Much (2015) by VRay on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @11:32AM (#23976807)

Keep in mind that $700 a month private personal health insurance isn't going to cover any of your week to week/month to month expenses. You'll end up with a $10k deductible or higher

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Re:We Don’t Need to Work So Much (2015) by apocalypstyx on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @11:54AM (#23977055)

And then there are denied claims and out of network costs.

People often think of their insurance as good (or will respond so on surveys), until they actually call upon it and it evaporates, leaving them with multiple hundred-thousand-dollar bills related to the treatment of cancer.

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Re:We Don’t Need to Work So Much (2015) by mgkimsal on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @01:19PM (#23978225)

Neither is most "employer-provided" insurance. A few folks have 'gold-plated' plans where they are hardly out of pocket for anything, but most people with health insurance plans, of any stripe, still have moderately sized deductibles, on top of paying a portion towards the monthly premium anyway.

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Re:We Don’t Need to Work So Much (2015) by VRay on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @03:05PM (#23979497)

Best system in the world

Well, in all fairness, my and my wife's health care in the USA has been WAY better than it was in Japan. It costs like 20x as much, though. That's my theory as to why nobody in power wants to actually fix the US system. Maybe the system really is the best if you have unlimited money and unlimited tolerance for bureaucracy

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