I'm very luck to have a high-deductible plan through my employer. They take about $300/month out of my paycheck for it.
This year I had to have surgery, and now I owe the hospital six thousand dollars :)
I broke my wrist at the start of 2023 and the bill to me after insurance was $6k lol. I saw the bill the doctor submitted to insurance and it was $40k. The ambulance bill came in separately at around $800.
I'm tired of fighting my own people when I say we shouldn't be in chains
Now imagine if instead of paying a private corporation for the privilege of a deductible against a maximum coverage amount you instead paid a bit more income tax in exchange for free healthcare no matter how many times you needed it.
Based on other countries’ models the tax difference would have been less than $6k in all but the highest income brackets.
Yeah but Luigi has a gun
Damn. This a little meme reminder that any savings i have towards retirement could disappear in an instant.
I first read it as "mechanical debt" (probably because of the gear-shaped figure), and had an existential crisis for a few milliseconds. I need to take my car to the shop as soon as I can afford it.
New thread but yeah. Also the answer will be trains. I have never been able to afford a car repair. I just cut meals and get chronic health issues. See? It comes back around. The systemic misdirection of work and worth cascades into general disrepair of the working and subjugated classes.
I had a funny dream everyone was on ubi, and grease monkeys just hung around the public garages hoping someone comes by with a problem or a question. Also there were fruit trees in the park. Something else is possible while we still have some resources.
