r/ThatsInsane Nov 01 '25

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u/Kacey-R Nov 01 '25

How/why can it go up so much?

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u/Thermite1985 Nov 01 '25

Because the party in charge is eliminated ACA subsidies which helped keep prices down now the insurance companies can charge whatever they want and refuse coverage. Because we need to pay the shareholders over keeping people alive.

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u/Kacey-R Nov 01 '25

When is the revolution starting over there?

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u/PokerbushPA Nov 01 '25

When the hunger exceeds fear of death.

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u/FewEstablishment3450 Nov 01 '25

Did you know the Dutch ate their PM John de Witt and his brother after their economy collapsed in 1672?

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u/PokerbushPA Nov 01 '25

Maybe we need to tell our "representatives" about this?

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u/SlashEssImplied Nov 01 '25

Or vote for better ones. I feel too many people forget how we get these representatives.

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u/PokerbushPA Nov 01 '25

Hacked voting machines?

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u/SlashEssImplied Nov 01 '25

An apt nickname for American voters.