• kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    I want instead of going to the insurance companies, I want the money to go into an account for people, where the people buy their own health insurance.

    I… uh… what? So is he saying that people will get a cash balance from the government to use exclusively on Healthcare, kind of like HSA/FSA, and can use it to pay their private insurance premiums? Like a universal basic income but just for Healthcare? Or only some people, like those without employer insurance, are getting money? Why is this better in any way, like even playing devils advocate, I can’t come up with a good reason for it.

    • zeppo@lemmy.world
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      11 hours ago

      and yeah, if you have this balance, and can ONLY spend it on health insurance… okay, the basic plan costs exactly as much as the government gives everyone. There’s no advantage in spending less since you can’t use it for anything else.

      Troomp is stupid enough to not see how idiotic that is, but other people in his criminal cabinet are not.