• Trump Co. unveils new health insurance plan. (Guess what, its fucking nothing!)
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-unveils-new-health-plan-democrats-call-it-junk-insurance-n884841 Trump has long asserted that promoting the sale of health insurance across state lines can bring down premiums without sacrificing quality. But many experts aren't convinced because medical costs vary greatly according to geography. "They are providing insurance options that have fewer benefits and fewer requirements than ACA-compliant plans," Claxton said. "That will have a tendency to pull healthier people away because they are more attracted to plans with fewer benefits." Critics say the administration's approach will draw healthy people away from the health law's insurance markets, raising the cost of coverage, which is subsidized by taxpayers.
Hey, anybody remember why we buy health insurance in the first place, so that in case something concerning your health goes wrong you're going to be protected from its financial consequences? What are these geniuses going to do in case their new insurance doesn't cover a disease or illness they get, and they have to pay full price for a treatment?
Blame Democrats, if the brainwashing is working.
They will bless their freedom to die in agony under the Red, White, and Blue rather than not die in a DIRTY SOCIALIST NATION that provides healthcare to people who don't have spare millions to pay for the luxury of being ill.
Die, I guess.
I've got a fairly right-wing roommate. He drives like a fucking maniac, speeding constantly, tailgating, running reds. But he justifies it by saying "I've never gotten into an accident yet." I feel like it's the same thing when it comes to insurance. Republicans look at insurance plans and say "I'm healthy, I don't need fancy expensive insurance, I'll just take the bare minimum" Ignoring the fact that insurance fundamentally doesn't function if all the healthy people aren't paying into the same plans that sick people are on. Healthy people need to pay for the sick people. That's how insurance works. Privatized health insurance is a scam to begin with. It makes no sense as a for-profit industry. Health insurance is a system of wealth redistribution by definition, everybody pays in to subsidize everyone else on the plan. By making it for-profit, health insurance companies are encouraged to take in as much money as possible, while paying out as little as possible. They are actively discouraged from providing the very service they exist to provide.
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