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  • This is wrong. They are not allowed to let him die due to inability to pay. This was passed in 1986.

    Medical care would be much cheaper if they could let you die if you couldn’t pay. But now those costs are passed onto everyone who can pay. So essentially we already have a very bastardized and most inefficient version of universal healthcare.

    And it would be corrected quickly because who the hell would be ok with hospitals refusing life saving measures. But here we are stuck with the most expensive and ineffective version of universal healthcare imaginable.


  • Normal practice is as follows for dignitaries let alone former presidents.

    Secret Service man’s the venue itself. Local police man’s the perimeter. Every roof is not only secured but actually occupied. There’s an officer on every roof that is a concern.

    Again, every roof physically has an officer on it. That’s how it’s handled for ambassadors, senators, and obviously leaders of a country.







  • This is the same as me. I also have a policy on both my kids. It’s $10k and it’s so I don’t have to worry about funeral costs.

    There are also plans like that and turn into a college fund but it’s probably just better to use a 529 for that.

    But ultimately, in my opinion, it’s better to have a one on the bread winner of the family. But some people feel they are never necessary.

    If you die young you don’t need insurance because your spouse is still hot and can re-marry easily. If you die older your children are out of college and can take care of themselves.

    Everyone take or don’t take insurance policies for their own reasons and it’s hard to know exactly why unless they make it plainly obvious.





  • TyrionsNose@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzbro pls
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    But we spend nearly $200 billion just paying salaries. We spend the most because we are also an expensive country to live in and that means paying the folks who volunteer a decent wage.

    We would have to significantly downsize the military personnel and pretty much operate as homeland defense only.


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    This comment doesn’t even make sense. For example, the USA government spent 37% compared to the GDP.

    If you mean 10% of government spending towards science then that question makes sense.

    The USA spends about $75billion of the $800billion defense budget on R&D. It spends another $120billion on non-defense R&D.

    Which is about 1/31 of federal spending for the US.


  • Sounds like you have a “low premium” high deductible plan. I had one of those. Where I paid every dollar until I hit $3.5K and then 20% until hit $7k and then paid nothing. I can see where you could get to $86k. I’d start looking for a job that comes with a better health plan. I now pay $400 a month and $20 co-pay here and there.

    That’s a symptom of our system. There’s so many different plans and options, and it’s further obfuscated behind your company doing all the negotiating that it’s not actually a free market. We would be better off going to a single payer system.