VetOfTheSeasMar 17

Yeah

https://discuss.online/post/37034126

Show threadmouseMar 17
Candy bars are an indulgence that someone can live without. There are times in someone’s life where healthcare is necessary to continue living.
Show threadApepollo11

I think you’ve misunderstood the comparison with candy bars. Many medicines that health insurance companies charge through the nose for are sold for very little, sometimes pennies a dose, in other countries.

Insulin doesn’t actually cost that much to make. Two to four dollars a dose.

Paracetamol is dirt cheap. In the UK it can bought for as cheap as a penny a tablet, and that’s twenty times what it costs to make.

The insurance companies charge stupid prices for them though, despite them being of similar production costs as candy.

Mar 17 at 10:40pmWeb
Show threadeverettMar 17
If you need paragraphs to explain it, it’s not a good metaphor.
Show threadAgrivarMar 17
If painfully boring pedants weren’t being intentionally obtuse, the paragraphs of explanation wouldn’t be necessary…
Show threadeverettMar 17
Stop defending lazy rhetoric where the common-sense rebuttals practically write themselves. Healthcare is imporant.
Show threadOtterMar 17

I think a better analogy that hits both points would be a glass of water

  • necessary and not an indulgence
  • still cheap to produce
Show threadosannaMar 18
I’m on a few meds. One of which, even before the discount i get because I’m a pensioner, is only $30. I have heard in america, you could be paying $800 a month without insurance.