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Originally Posted by kutulu
If you have the 'truth' then go ahead and enlighten us. I already posted that I was paying 20% of my pre-tax income towards health care expenses.
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Can you handle the truth?
1A)You pay more, because others pay nothing.
1B)When people pay nothing they could careless about costs, costs go up.
1C)When costs go up, those who are paying nothing don't care. You pay more.
2A) You pay more, because others get subsidized care.
2B) When people get subized care they careless about costs, costs go up.
2C) When costs go up, those getting subsized fight for and usually get higher subsidies. You pay more.
Solution: Have a competetive system were able people (I think we should support children, the old and mentally il) pay for what they use.
When people are active in a economic system, the system works well. when people are passive they get exploited. Our current system is failing because people are passive. Why do we let our employers control our health insurance? An employer is more concerned about profits than they are about anyone's health, hence our system has problems for employees.