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Re:A Petabyte of Health Insurance Prices Per Month – Why is ... by talldatethrow on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @05:01PM (#36687164)
If you need medicine to live, you should pay for it. If you can't, the government should step in.

However, making me pay $400 a month for insurance in case I need stitches next month because I have to subsidize your medicine is annoying.

I want insurance in case something I don't know about goes wrong. You want something you know you need.

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Re:A Petabyte of Health Insurance Prices Per Month – Why is ... by flangola7 on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @05:07PM (#36687227)
Right, but the government doesn't step in. I've voted for universal healthcare sorry supporting candidates at every local, state, and federal election.

I'm sorry that my illness is "annoying" you, but your anger is misplaced. Not that long ago I used to only have insurance for stitches too.

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Re:A Petabyte of Health Insurance Prices Per Month – Why is ... by talldatethrow on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @06:47PM (#36688264)
Your illness isn't annoying me. The fact that I need to pay for it via my health insurance premiums is.

If we want to pay for it via government mandate, fine. Raise taxes. That way during my lower earning years I dont need to artificially pay for it through health "insurance" that isn't really insurance.

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