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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think people realize how many innocent people are killed by way of limiting access to affordable healthcare in this country by none other than Brian Thompson and those like him leading private health insurance companies.

This kid murdered Thompson in cold blood publicly and got caught.

That's the difference. If you saw even one insurance case of a family at their wits end trying to get a claim approved to help their loved one, I'm not sure how you would not feel that it's a kind of murder or your torture.  Because these things are not put forth on a public forum enacted as a play for all to see, it's considered acceptable.

It's very much cold blooded murder however.  Ask anyone who has worked a length of time in the healthcare industries.[/quote]

Tell us! Show us the data!

There is data showing 55% of Americans WITH insurance don't do their annual physical.  Many of that cohort haven't had a physical in years.

Tell us more about how "limiting access to "affordable" healthcare", as defined by you personally of course, will help what you are so vaguely referring to. [/quote]

Our physicals cost $1K. With a high-deductible plan we use because it’s cheaper. I’m guessing that’s why. Ped visits are $250-500.

You’re also willfully ignoring all the doctors who are furious at UHC for denying their patients’ claims. Several have said patients died as a result. [/quote]

Excellent.

So intead of paying $800/month for a family plan and your employer paying $1500/ month for yours, skip insurance and pay out of pocket cash prices.  You have $30k to work with per year. [/quote]

I'm not actually sure what point you're making...but my family plan costs $4K/month total.  It's Carefirst off the Exchange.  My employer pays the $1500 for me, but I then pay the other $2500/month for my spouse and kids.

A PP mentioned that health insurance is different from many other insurances because you are not only paying for risk pooling, but you are also paying for the negotiated rates (not paying rack rate).  It's not really feasible to pay rack rates for most procedures -- you need the benefit of those insurance negotiated rates.  30K or 40K a year won't go very far on the rack rates for an ER visit, for instance.  And even if you're pretty rich, you still need some risk pooling -- you could pretty easily end up with a condition or catastrophic illness that costs many millions per year.  So I don't know anyone that would skip insurance entirely.  Maybe Elon Musk does![/quote]

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