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rocketeer8015 t1_ixpqtre wrote

I’m just saying that when a company has a captive audience(if you want a new organ you usually really want a new organ) they tend to squeeze them for what they are worth.

Also I find your explanation on insulin prices a bit ironic. It’s still really expensive, just because it’s covered by insurance doesn’t change that. It just means that the costs are spread over a lot of people. Your insurance premium is higher because other people need insulin. The ironic part is that that is exactly the argument used by people that are against universal healthcare, they have to pay for others.

You essentially have the worst of both worlds, you are paying for others and your medicine and treatments are overpriced.

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towngrizzlytown t1_ixqplzq wrote

The initial comment I replied to posited that families should expect to be bankrupted by this. However, this procedure, if it's successful and approved, will be covered by insurers, Medicaid, and Medicare, meaning that people will be able to get the procedure like organ transplants and other life-saving procedures like gall-bladder removal, heart valve surgeries, tumor removal, etc.

Depending on a person's particular plan and individual circumstances, the cost sharing, say, a $3,000 deductible could be difficult. But that's a far cry from the burlesque of the original comment, claiming that families will somehow be forced to pay six figures (?) out of pocket to get this procedure.

Although I don't think it matters to the discussion what my personal beliefs are, I support universal healthcare.

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