Likely situations where a person will be okay this month so they send another $20 or so and maybe a few months down the line, they are the one that needs a bit of help.
It’s like the proverb, “it takes a village”, only commoditized.
I mean, sure, they also charge for a profit rather than as a social good. My point is just that everyone pooling together resources through regular payments when they don’t need health assistance so that when they do they can pull from it to get the coverage they need is literally the foundation for how insurance works at the abstract and perhaps is a good indicator of why privatized for-profit insurance makes no fucking sense.
Who are they getting money from? Other people who can’t afford groceries? We’re just all buying each other groceries that one of us can afford?
Likely situations where a person will be okay this month so they send another $20 or so and maybe a few months down the line, they are the one that needs a bit of help.
It’s like the proverb, “it takes a village”, only commoditized.
Sounds like socialism to me.
Maybe we need a bigger version, funded by those who won’t miss the money.
It’s literally the methodology of…insurance.
I don’t believe that’s how insurance works. They charge people based on perceived risk, not based on how much they can pay
I mean, sure, they also charge for a profit rather than as a social good. My point is just that everyone pooling together resources through regular payments when they don’t need health assistance so that when they do they can pull from it to get the coverage they need is literally the foundation for how insurance works at the abstract and perhaps is a good indicator of why privatized for-profit insurance makes no fucking sense.
But how would they swim if they paid for all our avocado toast?