[ExI] health insurance: was RE: AI 2027: A Realistic Scenario of AI Takeover

[Brent Allsop]

I think there should be some minimum level of free insurance.  We should
decide as a nation, how much tax we are willing to pay for that, and then
pay that minimum level for everyone.  Of course, most people are going to
want more than just that, but unless they pay, we, as a nation, just can't
afford it.  True, AI is able to make medical stuff cheaper, by doing ever
more of the work, but it is also making many more medical procedures
available, including very expensive ones, at first, which will grant us
immortal life.

The number of expensive procedures and medications which can significantly
improve our lives is growing, (my insulin pump is a $7 grand piece of
machinery which didn't exist a few years ago.) exponentially like
everything else.  That's why the cost of insurance is going up so much more
than inflation.  I'm kind of afraid to see where that goes from here, when
a large portion of society just can't afford it all, yet.








On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 8:46 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> ...> On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
> Subject: Re: [ExI] health insurance: was RE: AI 2027: A Realistic Scenario
> of AI Takeover
>
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >> ... it’s MAGIC!  The US government GIVES them free health insurance.
> But most penniless people don’t ever do it.
>
> >...Why is that, and what can be done about it?
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> Good questions Adrian, along with the related important question: how do I
> personally cash in on that?
>
> Mysteries all, but there is another important observation.  Back when the
> whole idea was being formulated, we had astute politicians who foresaw and
> described this situation with remarkable accuracy.  They were ignored and
> ridiculed.
>
> spike
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