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Most Americans have employer provided health insurance. Fewer than 10% have no health insurance. Hardly anyone is paying out of pocket.

> we need to completely restructure our society in the USA

The specific primary reason the USA is rich is that we’ve resisted the temptation to do harebrained projects like this.



Most Americans pay a shit ton of money before their insurance kicks in to pay for the majority of their non-preventative care. I personally need to spend $3,000 before I only pay 10% of the bills that insurance receives until I hit $6,000 in a calendar year after which I pay nothing else.




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