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[โ€“] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 15 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

That is the job of the government. Everyone needs healthcare to one degree or another. If we're all going to be pooling money anyway it shouldn't be filtered through a for-profit system first.

On another note, unless an insurance is mandatory you can usually opt to pay yourself.

No I can't. Everything is too expensive because insurance being involved has inflated the costs.

The cost of insurance goes down the larger the pool of people. The largest pool in a country is everyone, so like utilities it becomes a natural monopoly.

Natural monopolies should be the purview of the government as they allow for abuse.