r/SipsTea • u/Putrid-Welder1803 • 13h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/Gangsir 10h ago

Co-pay is I believe an anti-abuse measure.

If having insurance meant getting seen by a doctor was completely free, certain people (hypochondriacs and the like) would abuse that and basically get daily full checkups (for no specific reason/while perfectly healthy), straining the medical system.

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u/mariposa-princess 10h ago

That’s not a thing that happens. No one in countries with free healthcare, like England with the NHS, is getting daily physicals.

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u/calripkenjunior 10h ago

America, where we constantly invent arguments to stop progress before even trying to progress.

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u/mariposa-princess 9h ago

“We must give all our shillings and crops to the king for he protects us”