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Originally Posted by TheDoc
Oh I've used ours a ton... so glad we have it.
At our own costs, non corporate insurance in this house would be $3,000 a month per person, pills would be more than most peoples car payments. Pre-existing conditions do that.
The more people that buy into insurance the cheaper it gets...
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As Robbie said above, fix a fender yourself and your price is far less than if you go through insurance. And, if you go through insurance, they raise your rates. Isn't your car insurance a horrible rate now, if you've used it a lot?
The only way rates go down with more people buying into insurance is if we had a truly socialized plan where everyone paid into the same one. That is only if administered well, but let's assume it could be.
Just forcing people like me to buy more insurance which won't be there when I need it, unless, in the middle of something awful, I have what it takes to fight them . . . that is just more corporate welfare for the insurance companies.
If we didn't have the insurance system, your pills would cost a more reasonable amount. The pharmaceutical companies only jack the prices up because, although most individuals would not pay that, their insurance company pals will because the insurance companies are invested in you thinking you need them. I guarantee that, whatever prescriptions you need, they are available at lower prices in other countries.