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JustADudeBeingADood t1_j6yq5a1 wrote

Reply to comment by Pruedrive in CT residents would see billions in medical debt erased under Lamont plan: 'It's the right thing to do' by savings2015

Hey I'm all for that too. Literally anything than the corporate greed infested healthcare system we have now.

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Pruedrive t1_j6yqim8 wrote

The way we pay for Healthcare is fucking ridiculous, and let's face it, it's pretty ghoulish companies profiting off of people's illnesses.

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Adventurous-Aide664 t1_j6za919 wrote

Exactly, for profit health insurance is a scam. Their only goal is to maximize profits for their shareholders, so that means they do all they can to avoid paying for care.

The system in other countries is much simpler because there are way fewer payers, sometimes only one and the goal of that agency is not to make profits.

Here we have thousands of middlemen that siphon off our money into their pockets while producing little to nothing of value and making everyone's lives more complicated.

By the way, the top 6 health insurance CEOs made $115 million last year. Just six people siphoned off over 100 million that could have gone to paying for healthcare. Disgusting

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Strat7855 t1_j6zj4bj wrote

Take it a step further; insurance should be for things that may happen. That's what the entire business model is supposed to be based on.

But everyone gets sick/injured at some point. There's no "may" about it.

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Educated_Eel t1_j6zdyrv wrote

Am doctor. completely agree. Great recent JAMA article on the subject. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2801097

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supermomfake t1_j71jde5 wrote

Nurse and case manager- left because my job kept becoming about “saving” money instead of caring for patients.

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