From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 11:02:45 +0000, Nuno Silva wrote:   
      
   > More likely the USA need to get rid of health insurance. Sadly, that   
   > thing is getting adopted in some other countries. And we need only look   
   > at the USA to see what the future might have in store...   
      
   That would be the real answer but it isn't going to happen. When I was a   
   kid we didn't have health insurance. The closest we came was when my   
   father had a hernia repair in a VA hospital since he was a veteran. Otoh,   
   a visit to the doctor was something you could afford to pay out of   
   pocket.   
      
   The insurance companies operate like Las Vegas. A percentage of the money   
   passing through their hands sticks to their fingers. Vegas casinos don't   
   care about individual winners and losers, just the churn. For health   
   insurance there is no, if not negative, incentive to control costs.   
      
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