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Intractable

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3. My current ACA policy is about $1200/month. I pay about $200/month. The rest is paid by the gov't.
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 11:57 PM
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It's a great deal for the insurance companies. It's a good deal for the policyholder (but still plenty of co-pays and deductibles). It's a bad deal for the gov't.

The problem is the for-profit healthcare model. At least for a time, Obamacare enshrined for-profit insurance.

I'm fine paying doctors and hospitals. I am not fine with insurance. Health insurance is not the same as healthcare.

(I just watched some Star Trek. It's as if the whole healthcare industry is run by Ferengis looking for profit at every point and place.)

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