• MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    US health insurers literally offer zero social benefit. They should not exist as the entire industry in harmful rent seeking.

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      3 hours ago

      The concept of insurance makes sense - pooling risk so that everyone can share a little pain all the time, so that unlikely but catastrophic events don’t wipe individuals out. Making this arrangement for-profit is asinine.