Comment on Bill Gates says a 3-day work week where 'machines can make all the food and stuff' isn't a bad idea
SCB@lemmy.world 10 months agoHealth care providers are not in the habit of denying care. Health insurers are because they have a perverse incentives to do so - this is why they should not exist
20hzservers@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Exactly the people who sell the thing in high demand the issurers are in the business of denying care to people by raising prices on healthcare. I feel like your mind is in the right place I agree insurance companies shouldn’t exist but what you said in your first comment is false large companies who sell high demand products absolutely gouge on prices all of the time.
SCB@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That’s literally not true though. They compete with each other over offering the lowest price.
20hzservers@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That’s funny. In reality they compete on increasing shareholder profits by colluding on prices and paying their employees as little as possible. And to be crystal clear “they” are the CEOS/boards of most major companies.
SCB@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This is not at all how businesses operate lol
CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 10 months ago
In what world? Outside of government exchanges, you’re limited to the plan your employer offers you.
SCB@lemmy.world 10 months ago
We were discussing large corps that aren’t insurance companies