VetOfTheSeas@discuss.onlineBanned from community to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoAlso waiting on insurance to tell the hospital that they won't cover it.discuss.onlineimagemessage-square164linkfedilinkarrow-up11.41K
arrow-up11.41KimageAlso waiting on insurance to tell the hospital that they won't cover it.discuss.onlineVetOfTheSeas@discuss.onlineBanned from community to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square164linkfedilink
minus-squareCADmonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoWhat would happen if everyone cancelled their health insurance and stopped paying outrageous surprise medical bills? Because doing the “right” thing and hoping it will get better someday isn’t working very well.
minus-squareMBech@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-29 days agoSome people would die. In the end the survivors would be far better off. Question is mostly how long it would take. Could the medical/insurance industry make it without changing a thing for more than a month without health insurance? More than 6?
minus-squareCADmonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days ago Some people would die. That’s the hard part. But as a random pedantic internet asshole, I have to point out that the current system is also causing deaths.
What would happen if everyone cancelled their health insurance and stopped paying outrageous surprise medical bills?
Because doing the “right” thing and hoping it will get better someday isn’t working very well.
Some people would die. In the end the survivors would be far better off. Question is mostly how long it would take. Could the medical/insurance industry make it without changing a thing for more than a month without health insurance? More than 6?
That’s the hard part. But as a random pedantic internet asshole, I have to point out that the current system is also causing deaths.