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Comment by xdennis

8 months ago

> The one dollar goes to profit, the $20 is paid by society, for the most part (since they are also statistically uninsured).

This is why socialized medicine is a bad idea. You get "free" medicine in exchange for society dictating what you're allowed to do.

A bone headed take if I ever saw one. Yes, society has rules. That's what society is. You can't kill anyone either, I suppose that's an affront to your personal freedoms, too?

Socialized medicine provides equity. It removes the cost to live a healthy life. It is a fact that society works better when everyone is happy and healthy.