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it would also guarantee that you'd eventually get what you paid in, back. unlike now where you pay out thousands, maybe even tens of thousands, then lose your job, change jobs, change insurers, or even just miss enough payments and *POOF*, all that money you paid is just gone forever.

That 2020 Bernie insurance tax calculator was really eye opening and i wish more politicians would make things like that to remind people how much they owe proportionately to their benefits. Without context, everyone thinks the estate tax applies to them.

I wish more people would understand this!!

There are too many people who think paying $1500/mo in premiums is better than paying $300/mo in taxes, because with high premiums the poor are getting screwed. These people are monsters.

from insurance companies to health care providers, in other words sign me up!

IT IS AN HONOR TO CONTRIBUTE TO MY COMMUNITY !!!

Republicans always try to scare you with things like. Sure this policy will give you an extra $1000 a year but you might have to pay $20 back. Isn't it better to lose the thousand than consider the possibility of paying twenty?

Also, what else is money for if not to take care of a society's health? Are billionaire yachts worth more than toddler checkups?

…something that never happens now?

agreed but you're missing some zeros…

How much more can you communicate, "YOU WILL NEVER PAY HEALTHCARE PREMIUMS AGAIN!"? at that point, the person is either too dumb to EVER understand, or is being willfully ignorant because he's not spouting it in between racist mouth-foaming rants on foxnews with an R next to his name in the chyron.

already figured out a way to lower my taxes (losing my job)

FYI - American pays about twice what every other developed nation does and gets the worst outcomes overall. We can literally pay half as much while keeping care the same just by eliminating tons of bureaucratic bloat.

Pre-approvals are so useless at this point I’ve had to pay cash with an in network provider for a covered procedure because the deny rates are too high for them to try. Glad I have however much sucked out of my paycheck for that.

Like I knew a guy who obliterated his suspension on a pothole, costing him many many thousands to repair. But would also rant and rave about property taxes being too high and he was against raising them even if it was to fix crumbling roads. Just can't afford more taxes, specially after his repairs.

If I paid the exact same amount but they got rid of copays & deductibles, I’d still come out way ahead.

The proposal for universal healthcare in Oregon would, by projections, raise my taxes by....... a fourth of what I pay in premiums alone. which. I mean. Yeah I'll take that trade

"Employee benefits" are one of the most insidious shell games ever invented, hiding people's outrageous premiums under invisible wage decreases. You pay higher taxes but literally earn more money!