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Ive been thinking all day about john fetterman thinking healthcare "for a family" costs $4k a year (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 days ago by LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Like i dunno it's one thing for him to be outright evil and doing evil for evil purposes, but he's literally a fucking u.s. senator with all the power and authority and ability to find real information that entails, and he seems to genuinely think that that is what the american public is paying. I don't even know what that is. It's like an ignorance so deep and so profound and so thoroughly rotted from within that it's become evil in and of itself

I sincerely hope i live to see the day he becomes john fettered man

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[-] Dimmer06@hexbear.net 20 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I could maybe believe that number is accurate for a median dual income family with no major health concerns before the premium increases that hit this year but it's also absurdly high to begin with. To be basically fine and still pay $4k a year (probably around 5% of gross income) just for basic preventative care is absurd.

Edit: or if he only means out of pocket expenses but then you're probably doubling or tripling that number by adding healthcare premiums for the insurance that doesn't even kick in until the family wipes their savings out every year.

[-] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yeah i only think you could get that number excluding health insurance premiums entirely. My insurance is something like 5-6k a year. And that's not including any copays or anything! I basically got this insurance and haven't even been able to afford to use it until i have an appointment in July and you know it's gonna cost me money then, too

And even assuming no issues with anything else (i have a long list of issues with somewhat concerning symptoms i.e. the random pulsing pain in my neck where my carotid artery is is def waaaay up there), if i get back on adderall for adhd idk what it is now but last I was getting it legally 10 years ago they started charging me like $40 at the pharmacy for that shit, that's almost 500 a year just for that

It's just so fucking obviously false that this shit costs what this guy thinks it does

[-] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago

To be basically fine and still pay $4k a year (probably around 5% of gross income) just for basic preventative care is absurd.

That would sort of be the point of insurance, wouldn't it? To pay an inflated rate when nothing happens to you, so you can still afford treatment that would be impossible to afford without insurance.

[-] Dimmer06@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago

I don't think you're wrong in the sense that this is (mostly) how the system works but treating health insurance like any other kind of insurance is exactly why it is so expensive and unwieldy.