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> I’m already paying for healthcare for my family and we’re struggling to get ahead; why would I want to pay for healthcare for others as well? This one is my
by deergomoo 6y ago
> I’m already paying for healthcare for my family and we’re struggling to get ahead; why would I want to pay for healthcare for others as well?
This one is my favourite because it’s literally how insurance works.
- ihm 6y agoActually insurance is even worse because you’re also paying for insurance company profits (and advertising, etc.)!
- closeparen 6y agoIn an insurance pool the other members subsidize you just as much as you subsidize them. Government healthcare could work that way in theory! But making government the administrator of a traditional risk pool is a boring technocratic argument. The substance of universal healthcare is a one way subsidy from higher earners to lower earners.