• Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    Why would I pay the government to collect a pool of money to pay for other people’s medical needs?

    Much better to pay a private company to collect a pool of money, skim a bunch for profit, invest the rest for more profit, conspire to make healthcare prices unaffordable to users so they don’t have a choice anyway, and then use that money only to pay for some of the other people’s medical needs while denying healthcare for the rest, including myself? It’s a much better system. Here’s a link to an article funded by a US pharmaceutical company…