Comment on Bill Gates says a 3-day work week where 'machines can make all the food and stuff' isn't a bad idea
20hzservers@lemmy.world 7 months agoExactly 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 7 months ago
That’s literally not true though. They compete with each other over offering the lowest price.
20hzservers@lemmy.world 7 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 7 months ago
This is not at all how businesses operate lol
20hzservers@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’d love to see the rock you live under but it absolutely is how most large corporations operate. You quote economic theories as if they are fact, I’m speaking on the history of how large corporations have acted literally my entire life.
CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 7 months ago
In what world? Outside of government exchanges, you’re limited to the plan your employer offers you.
SCB@lemmy.world 7 months ago
We were discussing large corps that aren’t insurance companies