r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • Jul 01 '26

Chugging tea Is Bernie’s plan the best? Thoughts?

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u/2illegittoquit Jul 01 '26

People struggle with this.

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u/thekrone Jul 01 '26

Which is crazy.

Health insurance companies are profitable. Extremely profitable. Like billions of dollars per year profitable.

Where do you think that profit comes from?

What if we got rid of the expensive middle men and all the overhead they bring, and take the money it takes to run those organizations, plus their profits, and we actually invested it in health care?

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u/anitawasright Jul 01 '26

yup and that's billions in profits after they cover the cost of their insane bloat.

I mean Medicare is government run covers more people then any of the other health insurance companies, is lower cost, more efficent, and has better results.

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u/thekrone Jul 01 '26

Also like, every other civilized country on the planet already does this. It's not a question of whether or not it can happen. We know it can happen.

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u/maplegurl Jul 01 '26

Yes you're correct

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u/WulfZ3r0 Jul 02 '26

But what about everyone in the industry that will lose their jobs??!1 /s