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Topic	My biggest problem with universal healthcare is subsidizing bad behavior.
FLUFFYGERM 11/19/18 12:40:16 AM #21:	Tyranthraxus posted... FLUFFYGERM posted... billcom6 posted... whispers You already pay more cause of other people's bad habits. No, I actually don't. If we implemented Bernie's program tomorrow I'd have less income because of it without much if any gains from the healthcare I do use, since it's already relatively inexpensive. At least compared with a lifetime of the massively higher tax rate. No you do. Your premiums are higher than they otherwise would be to offset the cost of people that the insurance company is losing money on. Bernie's plan would just shift your expenses away from premiums into a tax. I don't have any premiums because my employer pays them. And I could find other jobs that pay most if not all of the premiums. Bernie's plan would literally represent more of my income going to the state. --- Do good. Eat communists. <cite>FLUFFYGERM posted [p:912655515] in My biggest... [t:77216501]...</cite> <quote><cite>Tyranthraxus posted...</cite> <quote><cite>FLUFFYGERM posted...</cite> <quote><cite>billcom6 posted...</cite> <quote>whispers You already pay more cause of other people's bad habits.</quote> No, I actually don't. If we implemented Bernie's program tomorrow I'd have less income because of it without much if any gains from the healthcare I do use, since it's already relatively inexpensive. At least compared with a lifetime of the massively higher tax rate.</quote> No you do. Your premiums are higher than they otherwise would be to offset the cost of people that the insurance company is losing money on. Bernie's plan would just shift your expenses away from premiums into a tax.</quote> I don't have any premiums because my employer pays them. And I could find other jobs that pay most if not all of the premiums. Bernie's plan would literally represent more of my income going to the state. --- Do good. Eat communists.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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