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In 2011, when my premiums were $1600 a month. I dropped my plan when it hit $4900/month to go on my employer’s crappier plan. And as noted in that other conver
by ceejayoz 6mo ago
In 2011, when my premiums were $1600 a month. I dropped my plan when it hit $4900/month to go on my employer’s crappier plan.
And as noted in that other conversation, this is one aspect of many. UHC isn’t pursuing vertical integration for funsies.
- tptacek 6mo agoThat's not an argument; it's just vibes. Whenever we get actual numbers to look at, your arguments fall apart. Again, I want to be clear: I'm not here to defend the American health system. It's a disaster. It's just clear to me you don't have a bead on why that is. (The answer is artificial scarcity of practitioners, overprescription, and lack of price transparency).
- ceejayoz 6mo ago> That's not an argument; it's just vibes. So is “insurance doesn’t have any externalities that might hide in my very broadly categorized numbers”.
- tptacek 6mo agoNon-falsifiable argument is non-falsifiable. I could literally present you evidence that 2.2T of our medical expenditure is due to a price-fixing ring in syringes, and you'd still be able to use the same argument.