[chatmasta]

You could buy it yourself for a lot cheaper than you pay for it in taxes. The taxes you pay are buying healthcare for people who cannot afford it.

(EDIT: I'm certainly not saying this is a bad thing.)

[jtreminio]

> The taxes you pay are buying healthcare for people who cannot afford it.

Which makes it worth it, imho.

[coldtea]

>The taxes you pay are buying healthcare for people who cannot afford it.

That's great! I wouldn't way to be one of the few people able to afford healthcare in a world full of sick people who can't afford to get well...

[raverbashing]

Of course, the USA is an example of that

Except it isn't, anything you want to do there is ridiculously expensive

[chatmasta]

In the USA, Obamacare has increased the price of healthcare so much that you might effectively pay a penalty for purchasing your own healthcare.

[maxerickson]

Healthcare costs were already high in 2008. Setting aside the issue of how much impact the ACA had, the period following the passage of the ACA saw lower price increases than the period before. Last year prices increased at a higher rate again.

I think it's not true that the ACA caused that reduction (the recession is probably a much bigger factor), but it also didn't cause prices to increase faster than they were prior to the ACA.