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Originally Posted by thommy
what about the people with no cars?
should their tax money not be used to build streets?
what about the rich people who give their children in private schools?
should their money not be used to build schools?
and last not least - what about the people who do not like wars?
should their money not be used to finance the military household?
this is called SOCIETY - but as US never had this you will probably not understand the advantages of "all for one and one for all"
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In a perfect world, we would have a single-payer system and everyone would have coverage. I believe eventually we will end up there. In the US we often take the long way around to doing the right thing.
That said, me paying for insurance services that I will never use isn't really helping society as a whole have cheaper, better insurance. It is just making shareholders and insurance executives richer.
Roads, schools, and the military are all things that we all benefit from directly or indirectly whether we actively use them or not. As the system is set up right now, me paying more for insurance so that my policy covers stuff I will never use isn't helping others pay less. The number one thing the government could do to lower health care costs for everyone is cap how much pharma companies can charge for their drugs and put some kind of price restrictions on the cost of health care. That isn't going to happen anytime soon, so it doesn't really matter who pays for what coverage, it will eventually fail in its current form.