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I don't see it as a charity so much as we, as a group, are pooling our money so that those that need health care get health care. That can be people with pre-ex

I don't see it as a charity so much as we, as a group, are pooling our money so that those that need health care get health care. That can be people with pre-existing conditions, people with a new condition, people that are in an accident, preventative maintenance, or even just normal life situations (pregnancy, etc). In my mind, it's not charity because it's - For everyone. Maybe not for you today, but maybe tomorrow - For the benefit of society as a whole. If we let everyone who got sick just die, our society would be worse for it.

notch656a 5y ago
Characterizing insurance products in the US as a 'benefit of society as a whole' is a charity in and of itself. A large component of the insane costs billed for procedures has to do with an unhealthy symbiosis of the medical industry with 'insurance' companies. This massive black hole, much a result of poorly designed regulation, leads to reduced benefit to society as a whole and a system that is not for everyone not today nor tomorrow. If you are thinking of something that is for literally anyone, you are most likely thinking of universal healthcare or some other like system.