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I'd be surprised if you're not kicked off Lemmy for this take. Heretic.
Health insurance (in America of course), got me thinking though. Shouldn't risk be public instead of private? We still need it, and most of the bureaucracy that goes along, but why are private firms making a profit off public risk?
OTOH, we have to balance this idea. Why should fat drunks pay the same for health and auto, and get the same coverage, as fit, sober people? I don't have the answer, but the question has to be addressed.
And if anyone objects to the comparison above, I'd bet a crisp $20 bill that you hold yourself above someone else because of your choices (and opportunities). Social media makes fun of meth heads, rednecks, stupid people, etc., without mercy. Same deal. If you're a perfectly logical Vulcan, company excluded.
Hell, I'll go under fire first!
I've been addicted to opiates several times after surgeries, broken bones, whatever. Thankfully I'm able to walk it off when the prescription runs out. Some cannot.
Started out as "bright normal" IQ, adjusted for age, I'm probably dipping below Gen Z average at 52.
Started as a city boy, now an edge-of-town, not-quite-country boy. Whatever.