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Only 5-10% pay the majority of taxes, but almost everyone is, eventually, not healthy. Another way to put it is that average lifetime healthcare cost is about
by zaroth 10y ago
Only 5-10% pay the majority of taxes, but almost everyone is, eventually, not healthy.
Another way to put it is that average lifetime healthcare cost is about $250k for men, $350k for women.
So yes, definitely people should be paying for health insurance while they are healthy, so that they can also have it when they are sick.
In a sense, health insurance should be priced just like a $250k/$350k term-life policy that you take out at birth.
- antisthenes 10y ago> Another way to put it is that average lifetime healthcare cost is about $250k for men, $350k for women. Do you have a source for these numbers?
- zaroth 10y agoThe Lifetime Distribution of Health Care Costs http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1361028/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1361028/