Insurance is designed to give people peace of mind against life’s many what-ifs.
What if my house burns down? It’s not likely but I have insurance to cover the cost of rebuilding it and replacing my stuff. What if get into a car crash? It’s not likely, but I have insurance to cover the cost of repairing or replacing my car and (depending on fault) the other vehicles involved in the crash. What if I need medical care? This is not something that insurance is really designed to handle, and the entire American health care system has twisted itself around this fucked up premise. We don’t need to nationalize health insurance, we need to abandon the idea that going to the doctor for routine care is something that you need insurance to pay for.
Thank you for bringing both your technical skills and your steady handed approach to moderation to Lemmy. I signed up on lemm.ee a little over a year ago because at the time it was the largest instance with an open sign up process that had a reasonably neutral stance on moderation. So far it is my only Lemmy account, and I doubt I’ll ever need to make another.