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How medical insurance works (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

There wouldn't be a for-profit middleman taking billions out of the system for themselves yearly.

Critics point out that government-run healthcare would be less efficient and would also have to draw the line in approving/denying care somewhere too, but I can only imagine that it would pale in comparison to the insurance companies who have a profit-motive to screw you over.

Supporting this assumption is the fact that Americans already spend way more on healthcare than other countries, even those that already have universal:

So, basically we're all overspending solely to make insurance companies rich.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Hey but we're 60th in life expectancy in the world! So... wait.