30 Internet Users Share What A Lot Of People Think Is A Scam When It Really Isn’t

And it‘s the same with their car and house insurances. But that‘s apparently „different“

After my elderly mother nearly died from a series of heart attacks, she & hubby had to pay a ton for meds. "Doesn't your insurance cover some of it?" 'We don't have a drug plan.' "But.. You're both on Medicare and Blue Cross...?" 'We didn't sign up for the drug plan though. Those plans, ya end up paying for everyone else's drugs!' Christian: check. Buys from a local co-op: check. Sigh.

Yeah, agreed. Hospitals find ways of recouping lost income. For example, if they care for someone that doesn't have insurance or the ability to pay, they can raise the costs of care for this that can pay or seek reimbursement from the government in the form of your taxes.

ETA: I'm not shaming people experiencing homelessness or those who can't afford health insurance. I'm simply adding to Kate's statement about Americans not wanting to pay for other people's medical care. My point is that because we don't have national health, we actually pay more for each individual. Sorry if I seemed offensive. Original: And we end up paying for people who use the emergency room as their primary care because they can't afford anything else. Info: "People struggling with homelessness are often frequent users of emergency departments. On average, they visit the emergency room five times per year. The highest users of emergency departments visit weekly. Each visit costs $3,700; that's $18,500 spent per year for the average person and $44,400 spent per year for the highest users of emergency departments." https://www.greendoors.org/facts/cost.php#:~:text=On%20average%2C%20they%20visit%20the,highest%20users%20of%20emergency%20departments.

Not to mention bulk buying power

Greed, it's the foundation of our laws. All for me and none for you, and those at the top will do anything, including trying to overthrow an election to ensure you will always have nothing. Want a solid example? In the US, the police are only responsible for protecting assets, not citizens.

::John Mulaney voice:: And we were like, "We know, but hey!"

„Pureblood Baby“? I‘m speechless

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Um no. Lol Polio was eradicated because of better water systems/filtration. You could get polio by way of whatever was in the water. They TOLD you it was because of the vaccines....lol nothing is new under the sun. They did what they did to people then as they are doing now. #pureblood baby!!

Very well. Without it, the rates of serious infection would be much higher. It's not a 100% guarantee you won't get COVID - it was never meant to be. Hence the line in the post about not understanding epidemiology and relative risk.

Lol. Yeah, I remember that. He was hilarious. The best one I can remember was him getting the scammer to carve a 1:1scale replica of a Commodore 64 (an 80s computer, for those too young to remember).

really?

*gasp* surely you're mistaken

Well the reporter who broke the story *was* blown to pieces in front of her son, so I guess *something* happened. /s In her son's words "I looked down and there were my mother's body parts all around me."

Did you see the news on Trump’s tax returns last week? Any salaried American paid far more than him the years he paid $750.00 or nothing in taxes. The rich would love you to think they pay more taxes than you. But the reality is they have tax lawyers and accountants to find every possible loop hole and often pay sweet FA.

LMAO. Wow.

Nothing you said is true. It is the propaganda we keep hearing, but it is not true in any way, shape or form. Good you could swallow the lies and not ask questions. Smart people can.

The richest claim the most “tax breaks” & income adjustments and appear to have less income and therefore pay less taxes, like say, $750. While claiming to be a billionaire. As for making more jobs, they tend to make more low paying jobs. Jobs with no benefits because they only hire part time employees. Let’s not forget driving companies out of business because they utilize their services then declare bankruptcy so they don’t have to pay bills or taxes.

Fun fact. In the 50s, the time that "Conservatives" glamorize, the richest people paid a 90% tax rate and didn't whine about it the way today's ultrarich do.