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Respectfully, I paid for my health insurance so I probably overpaid for the breast pump, all things considering. Game theory wise, I’m forced to pay money to t
by spyckie2 2y ago
Respectfully, I paid for my health insurance so I probably overpaid for the breast pump, all things considering.
Game theory wise, I’m forced to pay money to then be given the “choice” between spending 50$ or spending 0$ for the exact same outcome. Even if I was a values driven person and chose the 50$ option out of principles, the system is designed so that everyone would choose the 0$ option.
So it is a choice, in the sense that I could choose to give you the 50$ instead. But there is no logical reason to take that option.
- kcplate 2y agoYes, you are paying your premium and you should take advantage of what that provides you, so it’s the obvious choice. I would have made the same choice too. The deeper philosophical question here is not insurance paid vs socialized medicine…it’s why are we making a $50 breast pump a medical benefit at all? Even under a socialized healthcare system if we are going to wrap a bureaucracy around an inexpensive anything …costs will inflate.