wait, *what*?

"For instance, if you **wait until you are 40**, you could be paying an **extra 20% on the cost of your hospital cover**. If you wait until you are **50**, you could pay **40% more**. And so on, up to a maximum of 70% more."

This is for the **next ten years**, btw

but what does this have to do with NN?

"In Australia, **private health insurance is not ‘risk-rated’ like most forms of insurance**. Private health insurers **cannot refuse to insure any person**, and **must charge everyone the same premium for the same level of cover**, despite their risk profile and **likelihood of using health services.**"

Look after yourself?

Eat healthy?

Sleep well?

Don't smoke?

Don't drink?

fuck you, pay the same as the guy who does

What the actual fuck?

That’s retarded

Even if the company would be willing to offer you a better, more appealing deal

they cannot

*E Q U A L I T Y*

Why should you charge the guy who **ABUSES** his body the same as a guy who takes care of himself?

Thanks @Reaps

That just proves liberal college students don’t know jack shit when they open their mouths here

MUH AUSTRALIAN HEALTHCARE

I suppose the argument is "what if there's only one health company that will cover you? Then they'd have a monopoly and charge whatever they want!"

If the government is swooping in and forcing all companies to fix their prices at a set rate, how is that any better than the monopoly?

So because they can’t charge the abuser more because of his risk, they just charge everybody more right ?

Well, that would make business sense

To cover the cost n shieet

Help pay for Peter's broken body with healthy Paul's money

Christ this shit sounds very Soviet

Price fixing

Noone even bats an eyelid

Are most aussies fucking statist sheep?

Neither did I, except I knew I had to take out insurance before I was 32

And that was only because of the threat of loading

I didn't actually look into it any further than that

Jesus Christ this is unfucking believable

theoretically I could just not take out private health insurance

*e v e r*

and never have to worry about the loading fee

Kek

and just rely on medicare

But

Why is it theoretical?