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> Nearly everybody has a job in modern society that a random person on the street wouldn't understand That's true, but there's a very distinct difference betwe
by TheDong 6y ago
> Nearly everybody has a job in modern society that a random person on the street wouldn't understand
That's true, but there's a very distinct difference between private insurance companies and other jobs I don't understand.
Most of the time, if someone has a job I wasn't aware of, after it's explained to me I understand the reason it exists and it largely makes sense.
In addition, most jobs don't have a readily available comparison of "And this other place doesn't have that job, instead does this, and it has these better results."
In the case of private insurance, we have several examples of other countries that have socialized healthcare and have notably better outcomes. We have studies showing that our private insurance industry is flawed as implemented in america.
- perl4ever 6y agoI wasn't defending private insurance companies, and I don't think they were mentioned in the article. The point I feel like making is that people have all the stock phrases and the same narrative about the US health care system when we aren't talking about the private insurance companies. When we aren't talking about people who are uncovered, abandoned by the government. Which makes me feel deceived, that people were making honest critiques in the first place lo these many years, rather than propagandizing against America because it's American. There are companies that are not-for-profit and part of public organizations, which are just like insurance companies but handle administration for Medicaid members. Are these useless, are these parasites? I don't believe hardly anyone who has an opinion on the system even knows such things exist. If they do have some purpose, in a public system, maybe popular criticism of insurance in general is too facile.