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One family member simply did not want poor people or unemployed people getting free healthcare whether or not his own and everyone else's was cheaper.You're wrong. I'm well-to-do and I don't want gov't healthcare because it's shittier quality. It's expensive today because of corruption in the medical industry, but also because we subsidize free care given to millions each year, including illegal aliens. Don't spin things in a way to make yourself feel sanctimonious.
Wow, Obamacare is terrible: $6500/year for coverage that doesn't even kick in until I've spent $6500/year out of pocket! The silver plan is $9000/year and has drug co-pays that exceed the costs you get over-the-counter in many other parts of the world.
Medicare for all = HEAD! SHOT!s for the sick.
exceed the costs you get over-the-counter in many other parts of the world.
SunnyvaleCA saysSo you are saying I have to pay more for everything because I have a higher salary? That seems to defeat the purpose of having a higher salary. My point was that the "insurance" is a ripoff when the co-pay I have to pay is more than the full cost of drugs without any insurance at all. There's no reason why a drug in Mexico should be 1/4 the cost as it is here other than that our medical care is a ripoff.exceed the costs you get over-the-counter in many other parts of the world.
You salary here FAR exceeds what you'd get in "many other parts of the world".
So you are saying I have to pay more for everything because I have a higher salary?
SunnyvaleCA saysSo you are saying I have to pay more for everything because I have a higher salary?
This is how market works, yes. Higher salaries in the area lift all prices.
But look at other OECD countries and the prices they pay for drugs. You can't argue that the PPP of Switzerland or Germany is much different than 1.0. Yet their drug prices are often much lower.
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