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gentoo | 2 years ago

it's funny how whenever a big company does something bad that's actually an example of how socialism is bad

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johngladtj|2 years ago

A key component of the free market is the ability to say "no thanks" to an offer to do business.

Can you explain to me how the government telling you "you must do business with one of these insurers or else" is in any way a free market?

AlexandrB|2 years ago

> A key component of the free market is the ability to say "no thanks" to an offer to do business.

So a free market in health care is not possible because you can't consider your options and say "no thanks" when you need emergency treatment. Whatever the government does or does not do, you can't really get around the fact that at a moment of crisis health care providers have you in a coercive situation and could charge life changing amounts for care if they were permitted to.

kevviiinn|2 years ago

Mental gymnastics to avoid acknowledging that they've been brainwashed by capitalism