RottenJohnny
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then quit bitchin about the cost of it!! 
I don't bitch about the cost of it. I pay cash and it's usually cheaper that way. That was, until someone decided I had pay for insurance for everyone else.
Do you pay more than 8% of your net income for complete and full healthcare cover??
And get that same cover if you happen to fall out of work or get sick?
I'm willing to bet you pay a shitload more than that for not such good healthcare.
Single-payer systems, every single one of them around the world, are cheaper than individual insurance-based healthcare.
Do your own research and check the figures.
It just so happens that earlier this summer I spent a night in the hospital because of severe dehydration. Obviously, the question of whether or not I had insurance eventually came up. I answered "no" and the person asking the question went on with their business. Because of the symptoms I had, my stay included x-rays, blood draws, medication, and intraveinous fluids. The bill I eventually received was $3500.00 but the hospital offered to reduce it to $2000.00 (almost 50% off) if I payed in full within 30 days, which I did. Before that, the last time I was in a hospital was 6 years ago. Since I make too much money to qualify for subsidies, the cheapest healthcare plan I can find is about $225.00 per month. If I had been paying that for those 6 years I would have spent over $16,000.00 for absolutely nothing. So, from my point of view, I saved around $14,000.00. The majority of which has been collecting interest in a retirement account that I can access if I have a more serious medical bill later on.
I'm self-employed so my income goes up and down all the time. But in an average year I'd say I net about $40,000. If 8% of 40k is 3.2k then, no, I don't spend more than 8% of my net and the hospital does whatever I ask.
Now, you can throw all kinds of numbers around about all kinds of hypothetical situations but apparently I'm spending less than everyone else using insurance and the only people getting paid are the ones supplying the services.
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