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Re:Is the World Becoming Uninsurable? by gruez on Friday January 17, 2025 @09:33AM (#42737894)
> Or they see that as a cute bit of misdirection. Profits are capped as a percentage of healthcare costs, sure. [...]

You know what else is "a cute bit of misdirection"? Mentioning that profits are capped without mentioning why it's that way in the first place.

>You ever think it's curious that for-profit insurance companies pay out 2–3x what Medicare does for the same procedures?

...because the government low-balls healthcare providers?

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Re:Is the World Becoming Uninsurable? by inferiorhuman on Friday January 17, 2025 @10:54AM (#42739049) 

  ...because the government low-balls healthcare providers?
And yet Medicare is widely accepted. Go figure.
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