• ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Hell, we all pay for other people’s healthcare now! When people go to the emergency room and can’t afford to pay, the hospitals crank up the cost of everyone else’s healthcare to make up for it. We have literally the least cost effective system possible.

    • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
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      2 hours ago

      Common misconception. You’re paying for other people’s healthcare, yes; plus the salaries of insurance agents, plus the commissions for insurance brokers, plus the bonuses for healthcare execs, plus the yacht money for healthcare investors, plus the bribe funds used by lobbyists, plus the apocalypse island money for the handful of people who own it all.

      I’m probably forgetting a few. Like probably more being spend on private security now too for some reason.