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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head
yes, it is. you "consume" insurance as you need it, just like anything else. it is a product.
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You don't consume insurance... it doesn't go away and have to be replenished. More people using it, doesn't mean they have to produce more product.
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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head
i would say Walmart is a great example of how to monopolize.
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Lots of stores, restaurants, goods, etc get cheaper as more people use/buy/consume them. Internet access or phone 'net access or technology, more people buying/using, the cheaper they get to create.
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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head
the more people that buy into insurance, the larger and more powerful the insurance companies get. costs don't go down, they go up. show me why (read: actual evidence) you think insurance costs go down. don't repeat the math you are currently using, but show me a real example of health insurance costs going down.
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Great example is Corporations. If you have one precondition person on a small company, everyones rates skyrocket to cover the cost of the person. If the person works for a large corporation, they cost is absorbed in and the rates stay the same for the people and the corporation.
More people = Lower costs. A small business as higher rates, higher premiums, etc than a big business. Which may pay more overall, but per employee and employee costs are cheaper.
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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head
how do their regulations "control" or "remove" it? by keeping costs down? how does that help? there will still be people who will never have access to it. what about them?
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Regs in Canada keep pill costs down.. If you want to sell them in Canada, they force the price.
I support fed provided insurance, social care, whatever you wan to call it. Bit more above in other posts though.
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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head
i wasn't dreaming anything.
i was telling you, the insurance system must be removed completely..
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That's going to leave just as many people not able to get care as having them has created. We need something provided for the people that allows everyone to fairly get the same care, if they can afford it or not.