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Comment by tptacek

3 days ago

Now do the math on how much you'd save if you zeroed out health insurance costs.

Does that include the artificially bloated cost of care (compared to e.g. Medicare), the costs of Medicare Part D fraud, and the costs of having care denied and delayed (2–3x the claim denial rate of Medicare) or just the premiums?

Last time we did this song and dance you doubled down on incorrect assumptions about how Medicare functions. So, no, it's not likely I'll come to the same conclusions as you.

  • Go ahead and do it any way you'd like, show your work, and I think you're going to reach the same conclusion about how silly this is.

    • Yes, it is pretty silly to think American healthcare would no longer be a global laughingstock if surprise bills of $5000 were replaced with surprise bills of $4700.