Comment on Why doesn't the American market provide efficient and effective health insurance like it does for car insurance?

• cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Healthcare is a human right, it should have never been a benefit tied to employment.

  source

  • Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Thats why Medicare and Medicaid exist

    source

    • cm0002@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Those things are a joke, have you ever been on Medicare? It’s terrible and are still strangled by private insurances at every turn.

      A few years ago, it was calculated that moving to a single-payer healthcare system and abolishing private healthcare would, at worst, increase an individuals tax to like <$1000/yr

      I have a fairly decent employer provided insurance and even then it’s still 500+ a MONTH. Before even factoring in other private insurance bullshit like copays and out of pockets and a myriad of other fees and gotchas, I’ll exceed that 1000 tax bill in like 2 months.

      Even if you’re a selfish conservative asshole, it would save you so much money as well.

      But sure, keep listening spouting the rich elite propaganda, you’re just a temporarily embarrassed billionaire after all.

      source
• zbyte64@awful.systems ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  They call it benefits because it’s marketing that works.

  source

  • elephantium@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    What would you call it? What’s your objection to the term “employee benefits”? You sound like you have an axe to grind, but I don’t get your angle.

    source

    • zbyte64@awful.systems ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      My angle is to paid the most. If we let the person we are negotiating with to define all the terms and conditions, then there is not much room to ask for more.

      source
• db2@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  They definitely marketed effectively to you.

  That’s not a good thing.

  source

  • Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Do you not have a 401k? Or a Roth IRA? Are you at least paying into social security?

    source

    • db2@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      No, no, and yes until the so-called Republicans gut it and pocket the money.

      You’re not speaking the same language here.

      source

      • Kaboom@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        You really need to start saving for retirement, its never too early, and if you start late, it can still help

        source

        • -> View More Comments