04-22-2021, 05:08 PM
Health care is a human right. It is not something that should be for-profit. There should be a public option for all ages, period. That said, I realize that b/c of the inherent greed baked into the system despite the fact that polling shows bipartisan support for a public option... legislators are trying to slowly introduce it.
As a self-employed person, I've paid ridiculous premiums for decades now, and with very high deductibles. Thank goodness I can now get on my wife's insurance via her job, but all this should still be free. If we have enough money to annihilate the world 25x over, we have enough to give people decent health care. There are plans that propose a penny or something on top of every stock transaction to pay for all this...and they are viable plans endorsed by leading economists.
As a self-employed person, I've paid ridiculous premiums for decades now, and with very high deductibles. Thank goodness I can now get on my wife's insurance via her job, but all this should still be free. If we have enough money to annihilate the world 25x over, we have enough to give people decent health care. There are plans that propose a penny or something on top of every stock transaction to pay for all this...and they are viable plans endorsed by leading economists.