Camzing@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIf you are a Libertarian and hold liberty as your core value, why do you not believe in universal healthcare? Nothing impacts liberty more than sickness and death.message-squaremessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squareIf you are a Libertarian and hold liberty as your core value, why do you not believe in universal healthcare? Nothing impacts liberty more than sickness and death.Camzing@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoInsurance is by definition not gambling. It is only indemnity. The reality is that without insurance you are gambling that you’ll get to keep the money you didn’t spend on insurance and not be financially ruined.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoInsurance is gambling because I’m betting that if I get cancer I get a payout larger than the amount I wagered by buying insurance.
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThat’s not how health insurance works. You would never get more than your medical costs and would almost always get less.
Insurance is by definition not gambling. It is only indemnity. The reality is that without insurance you are gambling that you’ll get to keep the money you didn’t spend on insurance and not be financially ruined.
Insurance is gambling because I’m betting that if I get cancer I get a payout larger than the amount I wagered by buying insurance.
That’s not how health insurance works. You would never get more than your medical costs and would almost always get less.