[ceejayoz]

In 2011, when my premiums were $1600 a month. I dropped my plan when it hit $4900/month to go on my employer’s crappier plan.

And as noted in that other conversation, this is one aspect of many. UHC isn’t pursuing vertical integration for funsies.

[tptacek]

That's not an argument; it's just vibes. Whenever we get actual numbers to look at, your arguments fall apart.

Again, I want to be clear: I'm not here to defend the American health system. It's a disaster. It's just clear to me you don't have a bead on why that is. (The answer is artificial scarcity of practitioners, overprescription, and lack of price transparency).

[ceejayoz]

> That's not an argument; it's just vibes.

So is “insurance doesn’t have any externalities that might hide in my very broadly categorized numbers”.

[tptacek]

Non-falsifiable argument is non-falsifiable. I could literally present you evidence that 2.2T of our medical expenditure is due to a price-fixing ring in syringes, and you'd still be able to use the same argument.