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It does reduce a source of friction in the economy, people aren't going to stick with crappy underperforming companies just because they have health care.

Social health insurance is a larger risk pool, and if managed correctly should be a lower cost overall; something which is borne out by the UNHCF numbers.

The essentially random and punitive nature of health care financing in the US means there are plenty of people who are foregoing entrepeneurial activities because the health risk is too high for them to do without the bargaining power of a large employer to restrain the cozily corrupt arrangement that makes health 'insurance' one of the most profitable businesses in the world.

By supporting private health insurance you are essentially supporting a barrier to entry in all industries...



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