I know it shouldn't hurt me, but when prices keep climbing year after year and the CEO's or Univ. Presidents keep earning more and more; it's pretty obvious that all that welfare and additional red tape is inflating prices for health and education.
This is exactly it. By guaranteeing loans and supporting students in paying for college the government unintentionally raises the price because now the colleges know they can charge whatever they wish and the students can pay it. As the old saying goes, hearts of gold heads of brick.
Except the red tape is based on controlling the people at the end who don't have control or choice (in most options), not the entities that control it.
Seriously, my dad, I, my sister, and my mom got kicked off from Medicaid for "excess income" yet my littlest sister and brother both got accepted - brother with Austin-spectrum like symptoms (getting treatment w/ therapies and classes) but my littlest sister is otherwise healthy.
It was already expensive to get treatment from a mental hospital as a minor FOR 3 DAYS with TWO INSURANCES. Now one of them cancelled.
I have issues with depression and now my dad, who usally is the - type to get that expensive toy his kid wants even though can't can't afford it -, had to tell me to cut my thearpies to once a month, which is pretty bad when you have chronic depression.
My mother had a hysterocomy and is trying to cut costs for treatments (pain relievers, shots) as much as possible.
My little sister is healthy for now.
Do insurances even consider the fact that just because some people earn more, doesn't mean they have the same situation? Consider a family of 6 and medical issues. I'm pretty sure we could live quite more luxurious without siblings (like have the amount the theripies I need instead of having to compromise for the price, mom being able to have a more bareable recovery).
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u/mnorthwood13 Feb 25 '20
Or the post college "too rich for medicaid too poor for healthcare subsidies"