Just got back from the pharmacy. Stood in line for thirty minutes. Listened to every single one of the four people ahead of me in line, arguing, wrangling, and jumping through hoops for insurance bullshit. When my turn came, of course, my insurance card didn't go through. I said, 'Fuck it, insurance is a scam anyway, I'll just pay cash.' They didn't want to let me!! I had to practically throw a fit to get them accept my goddamn money and give me the (insanely overpriced) medicine.
If we'd all just accept the fact that we have to pay for the things we want (and need) and stop trying in vain to concoct scams to get other people to pay for it, things would go much better. As much as I'm opposed to overbearing government, I think I'd be ok with a nationwide ban on insurance. Maybe once we learned to deal with reality as it is, and gave up our hopeless quest to evade it, we could come back to a sensible usage of the insurance model. As it is, when it comes to insurance, we're miles and miles past 'sensible'.
If we'd all just accept the fact that we have to pay for the things we want (and need) and stop trying in vain to concoct scams to get other people to pay for it, things would go much better. As much as I'm opposed to overbearing government, I think I'd be ok with a nationwide ban on insurance. Maybe once we learned to deal with reality as it is, and gave up our hopeless quest to evade it, we could come back to a sensible usage of the insurance model. As it is, when it comes to insurance, we're miles and miles past 'sensible'.