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I know I got a colonoscopy a couple of weeks ago and without health insurance, I wouldn't have been able to pay for it."
Replace health insurance with "health savings accounts". How long will it take the average person to save up 25 grand for a single operation?
And the crowd cheered.
Do you know how insurance works?
I had surgery on my nose from a fight I won and I know without health insurance I wouldn't have been able to pay for it.
I had a hernia operation and without health insurance it would still be bulging.
I had pneumonia and without health insurance I wouldn't have been able to go into the hospital for help.
So even if I didn't know how it works, I do know what would have happened if I didn't have it.
Is there anyone who believes that a "healthcare savings account" would have paid for all that?
So you have no idea how insurance works, great, it's a teachable moment
The Medical Savings account is not in lieu of insurance, you still carry insurance for big ticket items.