[Forwarded from Grumpelstilzchen]
The Amish attitude to healthcare and its funding is an interesting case study. By some miracle, the US government granted the Amish exemptions from all the usual healthcare laws. They don’t have to pay Medicare taxes or social security. They aren’t included in the Obamacare mandate. They can share health care costs the way they want, ignoring any regulations to the contrary. They are genuinely on their own, and consequently only spend a fraction of what an average American spends on healthcare. In many ways the Amish model is similar to the friendly societies that were prevalent in the UK during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Such funding models do not allow for profiteering by corrupt lobby groups (big pharma, big medicine, big insurance & c.); consequently they will not be allowed to flourish again under the current corrupt regime. https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/04/20/the-amish-health-care-system/
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