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bucolic_frolic

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3. That is what people will do. Accept the risk, treat what they can afford

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 07:29 AM

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rely on self-care. Catastrophic illness will be met with bankruptcies. Same with home insurance.

Only thing you can't self-insure with small assets is car insurance.

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'It's only gotten worse': As ACA premiums are set to climb, some Americans opt to go uninsured [View all] Dulcinea Thursday OP

Trump wants Americans to get sick, die, go bankrupt. Irish_Dem Thursday #1

I'm imagining a new bank product: no_hypocrisy Thursday #2

That is what people will do. Accept the risk, treat what they can afford bucolic_frolic Thursday #3

Opt? More likely, no choice. quaint Thursday #4