In b4 “it’s not free someone else is paying for it” yes that’s how private insurance works, other people’s premiums are paying for it, but a CEO is also just getting a 7 figure pay package

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There’s also just that fact that it’s been working fine for decades in pretty much every other developed country

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and fun fact - some countries that have universal healthcare also offer the option for you to purchase additional coverage (like our aflac) so if you need or want more, you can! insurance companies can still exist, but in a way that isn't so fuckin harmful

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pretty sure if you just increase the corporate tax rate by like 2% u could probably have universal insurance in america without anybody else’s rates getting raised LOL

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The business model for private health insurance is literally keeping premiums as high as possible and trying to deny claims as much as possible. It’s literally a middle man incentivized to be shit and drive up costs. There’s no way you can look at that and think it’s the best way to pay for healthcare. If you come at it purely from an economic perspective it costs less to make a single payer system.

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AND healthcare itself will become less expensive, because there won’t be uninsured people won’t be driving up costs by not paying for services rendered

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