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Re:Intuit asked Mailchimp employees to pay medical costs out... by candiddevmike on Monday April 11, 2022 @04:18PM (#30994306)
So health insurance companies only have to convince your HR department to use them through some kind of grift instead of competing for your individual business on things like cost and in-network providers. Because the health insurance industry is focused on metrics like "number of lives we brought in this quarter" from massive deals that abstract your individual agency as one of a thousand+ lives covered under your employers plan. Who cares if you need to speak to a supervisor because your claim was denied, you're not going to get your company to switch plans.

Before someone says "but the healthcare marketplace", it's a joke. The individual plans we have today are ridiculously expensive because: A) the government will pay for folks who can't pay for them, so easy money for the insurance companies and B) the folks who can pay really need it (healthcare is inelastic), they're so few though so there really is no downward price pressure to compete for them.

Re:Intuit asked Mailchimp employees to pay medical costs out... by mrtranscendence on Monday April 11, 2022 @04:44PM (#30994723)
> the government will pay for folks who can't pay for them

This depends on your state. Some states, like Wisconsin, won't offer medicaid for income reasons alone. I'm unaware of health insurance policies being cheaper in Wisconsin, though perhaps it's the case.