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by thfuran 1528 days ago
>This would allow me to purchase my own health insurance at rates comparable to what I'm offered at work.

Would it? The employer can still call up an insurer and say "if you can give me a better deal than X, I'll buy insurance for 1,000 people" whereas you have maybe 5 potential customers to bargain with.