I think you’ve misunderstood the comparison with candy bars. Many medicines that health insurance companies charge through the nose for are sold for very little, sometimes pennies a dose, in other countries.
Insulin doesn’t actually cost that much to make. Two to four dollars a dose.
Paracetamol is dirt cheap. In the UK it can bought for as cheap as a penny a tablet, and that’s twenty times what it costs to make.
The insurance companies charge stupid prices for them though, despite them being of similar production costs as candy.
Candy bars are an indulgence that someone can live without. There are times in someone’s life where healthcare is necessary to continue living.
I think you’ve misunderstood the comparison with candy bars. Many medicines that health insurance companies charge through the nose for are sold for very little, sometimes pennies a dose, in other countries.
Insulin doesn’t actually cost that much to make. Two to four dollars a dose.
Paracetamol is dirt cheap. In the UK it can bought for as cheap as a penny a tablet, and that’s twenty times what it costs to make.
The insurance companies charge stupid prices for them though, despite them being of similar production costs as candy.
I think a better analogy that hits both points would be a glass of water
If you need paragraphs to explain it, it’s not a good metaphor.
If painfully boring pedants weren’t being intentionally obtuse, the paragraphs of explanation wouldn’t be necessary…
Stop defending lazy rhetoric where the common-sense rebuttals practically write themselves. Healthcare is imporant.