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Dad with Stage 4 cancer dies after insurance company said tumor-shrinking treatment was ‘not medically necessary’ (nypost.com)

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[–] bstix@feddit.dk 20 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Insurance is worse than communism in this case.

Tax paid universal healthcare and healthcare insurance both work on the idea of socializing the cost.

The difference is that insurance companies also need to make a profit too feed the owners. Since they don't actually produce anything that can make a profit, the only place they can grab the "profit" is by denying cover.

American healthcare insurance is exactly the same picture that is shown when people try to explain why communism doesn't work.

[–] spitfire@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

Nearly everything is better than the US&A’s take on capitalism.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

Tax paid universal healthcare and healthcare insurance both work on the idea of socializing the cost.

I think if we used their language it might help: we should outsource healthcare costs.