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Re:From $479 to $2,800 a month for ACA health insurance next... by philip1209 on Friday August 22, 2025 @05:28PM (#44990025)
It's also an equality issue. People stay in abusive relationships because of healthcare.

Related: "My gift to USA" by Harald Eia (Norwegian comedian) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PguJ-lm4uLg

Takeaway of that video: "Can you really be free if you have to depend on somebody else?"

Re:From $479 to $2,800 a month for ACA health insurance next... by andy99 on Friday August 22, 2025 @05:46PM (#44990239)
What is special about healthcare in this regard and where should be draw the line? This argument could be used to justify socializing all kinds of costs, almost anything up to UBI.