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Re:Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for ... by deergomoo on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @08:37PM (#26655262)
> I’m already paying for healthcare for my family and we’re struggling to get ahead; why would I want to pay for healthcare for others as well?

This one is my favourite because it’s literally how insurance works.

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Re:Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for ... by ihm on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @09:15PM (#26655543)
Actually insurance is even worse because you’re also paying for insurance company profits (and advertising, etc.)!
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Re:Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for ... by closeparen on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @09:57PM (#26655814)
In an insurance pool the other members subsidize you just as much as you subsidize them. Government healthcare could work that way in theory! But making government the administrator of a traditional risk pool is a boring technocratic argument. The substance of universal healthcare is a one way subsidy from higher earners to lower earners.
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