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foolm0r0n posted...

You literally described how we got to our current system. All the market-based health insurance was driven out by government subsidized insurance, and once the entire industry got swallowed by corporate welfare, the bubble just kept getting pumped up more and more to the point that a bandaid costs $1500.

This happens in every industry that the government takes over with subsidies, except unlike cars or houses, the health industry bubble can't actually pop because apparently people really do value their lives an infinite amount.

I'm not asking for government subsidized insurance, I'm asking for government subsidized care, i.e. the public option. (Insurance doesn't need to exist in general.) I'm also against corporate welfare, which I'm sure you'll say is what subsidies are but I think it's slightly different if you're paying someone for their job rather than just giving them money cuz you like them. I admit it's a thin line though.
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