Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 21 hours agoWhy don't states in the US come up with their own health insurance program? So people can pay into it prolly less then what they pay now and the state put the money in a bank and use the interest formessage-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up187arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't states in the US come up with their own health insurance program? So people can pay into it prolly less then what they pay now and the state put the money in a bank and use the interest forDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 21 hours agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefolekaule@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·21 hours agoThe percentage varies, but the federal government funds more than half.
minus-squareVenator@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·21 hours agoAlso it’s only for people with limited income and resources.
minus-squareVenator@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·20 hours agoWhich also makes it more expensive, as insurance gets cheaper the more people are on the same provider
minus-squareSanctus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·18 hours agoAnd thats why the one I was on went from 33 bucks to 155 bucks a month in a years time.
The percentage varies, but the federal government funds more than half.
Also it’s only for people with limited income and resources.
Which also makes it more expensive, as insurance gets cheaper the more people are on the same provider
And thats why the one I was on went from 33 bucks to 155 bucks a month in a years time.