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The most expensive plan on my state's marketplace. Honestly, I'm going to have to start selling myself, or my body parts, to be able to afford this shit.

but instead of federal buildings its going to be health insurance companies.

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[โ€“] sgtlion@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Just for the sake of comparing costs, in ukkk you'd have to be earning... the equivalent of 1.3 million USD annually before being liable $2.5k/month for National Insurance. And the healthcare is actually free.

It's a bit complex, but at the end of the day, the money raised from that NI payment alone is equal to the cost of our universal healthcare.

There are no words adequate to describe the inhuman extortion scheme known as privatised healthcare.

My god, what a paradise.