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Originally Posted by Nate the great
I believe one should pay for what one receives. I don't have health insurance because I would be subsidizing someone else.
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I see. But then you would also, out of principle, need to refuse any treatment that costs more than the total amount you've paid in insurance premiums by the time you get sick.
And considering
any hospital stay (including freak car accidents and appendicitis etc.) will easily set you back 20-40.000$, I doubt you will want to get sick, as there is almost no way you could've "paid" for that by the time you
got sick. Or will you then rationalize the fact that
others are paying part of your health care by saying "but now that I've bought this "insurance" thing it doesn't matter that I'm still receiving more than is my "due""? Or will you rationalize it by saying "hospital costs are unreasonably high"?
Consider this snippet, found on a random yahoo forum:
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Depending on where you live, a regular vaginal birth with no complications can run from $5,000 - 9,000. I developed high blood pressure, had to be induced and had an emergency c section. Cost around $25,000.
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or
this.
Any complications, and.. well, there's your first chapter 7 bankruptcy filing.