re: Why can every other first world country have healthcare for all?

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Or we can be like every other civilized nation on the planet and take care of our sick and injured at a tax rate that is the same as what you already pay for insurance to see the same doctors.

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Silly. Why do you think something lifesaving should be cheap? If you don't think your life is worth $150/mo, why should it be worth more to anyone else?

That said... if you knew what insurance was... and clearly you don't... you'd know that RISK-based insurance will always be cheaper for the vast majority of people that don't have health problems. That only works if people with poor risk profile are excluded.

The rest of civilized world realized this in the 60s and moved away from mutual companies and onto acturaial based insurance. Other places went on to exclude those people by government-imposed rationed care. The opposite of civilized.