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[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How exactly? Are you forgetting that insurance premiums exist?

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, that's paid for already through health insurance. Kind of like how your "free" is paid already through taxes. My pre-pay is just far less.

[–] Th4tGuyII@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Well that's a great argument until you account for the fact that not only do you still have to pay taxes on top of paying for that healthcare, but the US still has one of the highest average costs of healthcare per person in the world, which means on average you get shit value on what you pay.