I mean if revolution isn't in the cards this term I don't know what would get you there.
The healthcare market is taxing reproduction out of existence
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#12Clickbait. I too think insurance costs are too high, but the author included their annual insurance premiums in the calculation.
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#13Nearly 2 in 5 Americans are covered by Medicare or Medicaid. TANSTAAFL. The other 3 bear the burden. At some point Atlas shrugs and decides welfare is a better deal.
In Australia 5 out of 5 people are covered by Medicare, and 5 of them bear the burden. (at some point in their life. assuming they become a tax payer, which seems likely for most.)
What percentage of Australian society is net-positive tax payer? That’s your real number, not this pretend 5 out of 5 as you claim.
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#15Nearly 2 in 5 Americans are covered by Medicare or Medicaid. TANSTAAFL. The other 3 bear the burden. At some point Atlas shrugs and decides welfare is a better deal.
The amount of money the US Government pays just for that 40% should be enough to cover all 100%. We know this is possible because it happens in other countries, which have shorter waits and more coverage since that talking point keeps being brought up despite collapsing in the face of reality.
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#16Nearly 2 in 5 Americans are covered by Medicare or Medicaid. TANSTAAFL. The other 3 bear the burden. At some point Atlas shrugs and decides welfare is a better deal.
In Australia 5 out of 5 people are covered by Medicare, and 5 of them bear the burden. (at some point in their life. assuming they become a tax payer, which seems likely for most.)
I guess your health industry is not raping you with outrageous costs?
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#17Because children don’t contribute to GDP.
Of course they do. Everything a parent buys for a child increases GDP.
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#18Because they can. For profit hospitals subsidized and enforced by the leviathan, what could go wrong? How much does something cost? Whatever the seller can get people to pay for it. Hospital B charges 6 figures for the delivery of a child? Wow, that's expensive, they must be really good to be able to charge that much. All the dark patterns, negative dynamics, perverse incentives of bad government, stupid healthcare p…
Completely removing the U.S. Government from the health care market (Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, uncompensated care, etc) would be a great start.
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#19I mean if revolution isn't in the cards this term I don't know what would get you there.
Maybe a tax on tea or something.
;-)
Seriously, though, I suspect it has to get a lot worse. 23% unemployment might be something.
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#20Clickbait. I too think insurance costs are too high, but the author included their annual insurance premiums in the calculation.
Yes, and? Without it, the total paid would be at least the same or more.