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Americans' fury at the health insurance industry has continued to build in the wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's murder in New York City last week.

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20241212011857/https://www.rawstory.com/unitedhealth-group/

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[–] glimse 7 points 5 days ago

Well that's the problem... we're not collectively paying for anything. We're in a bunch of small groups paying significantly more than we need to be. There's way more overhead running separate insurance companies AND each company gets a worse deal on drugs because they're buying less.

Those two things are how I've swayed several conservatives into supporting universal healthcare...you have to make it about the money. Most don't realize they're already subsidizing the poor and sick with their premiums and that better coverage for everyone would cost less if it was centralized. They don't care that the lower class struggles...but they might care that it makes economic sense to collectively bargain.