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Originally Posted by raymor
Insurance companies negotiate prices with health care providers using
"purchasing power". Governments spend $640 on a toilet seat.
Think about it - Fris is paying $10,000 a year in Canada. I'm paying
$3,000 a year in the US. How exactly is he getting "a much better deal"?
He's not, he's just wasting $7,000 on government inefficiency and waste.
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What you do have to consider is that if you get sick, then you are not making money. If you are not making money you will not be able to pay your health insurance. If you get sick for a longer period, don't expect your health insurance to stay at $3000 / year neither, trust me the rate will go up.
An insurance company is not using "purchasing power", they are simply removing the bad apples (ie the sick people)
Governments offering health insurance, have to insure everybody, rich or poor. Obviously the rich will pay for it.
Don't misunderstand me thinking I believe that everybody should chip in for everybody so we can all live in a great equal society. I moved myself to a tax paradise, knowing if I make no money I get no help, I'll have no "fall backs" and if I can't support myself, I'll be kicked out of the country. I don't see why I should be forced to pay for someone that is unwilling to support them self and I don't expect the same for myself neither, but don't be fooled by a insurance company that say they got "purchasing power" vs a government that can monopolize the entire sector if they wanted.