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Democrats re-introduce bill cracking down on Christian "health care sharing ministries"
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These fucking morons. If only there was an option where everyone in a country could pool their resources together and healthcare share according to each one's need. But naw... that doesn't exist. Certainly better to do it ad hoc and with zero transparency while giving theocratic cretens full control over your health
I had someone who was selling insurance tell me about how increasing the pool was always a good thing. When I asked if that meant universal coverage would be the best scenario, they said "No, then you would include all the unhealthy people" which was pretty telling on how difficult it would be to get them to pay out coverage.
Gave the game away before getting you to sign. Bad salesperson there (much to your benefit thankfully)
They literally think that because the government would be running it, it would be wasteful and evil. Somehow their religious based nonprofits obviously don't have waste and politicking.
They don't seem to comprehend that large numbers of humans working together is exactly what creates the need for red tape, politics, political correctness, bureaucracy, regulations... oh wait, shit, we made government again.
All evidence around the world proves that government run healthcare costs less per person with better outcomes for the whole population. The lower cost is obvious since there is not profit cost on top of not needing for a ton of private companies to spend money doing a ton of individual contracts with each other as an additional cost before profit.
Even with some corruption public ends up being cheaper than private. Other than the profitilability, most countries make the rich pay more of the cost through progressive taxes and the rich sure do hate paying their fair share.
That's the result of decades of brainwashing us in the US against anything government run. Can't allow anything to be socialized lest the billionaires rake in slightly less money than they already do.
Not everything has to be like the DMV. Hell, even the DMV is efficient where I'm at.
Plus making sure billionaires get more profit! 💰