<div dir="ltr"><br><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 8:46 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
...> On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat<br>
Subject: Re: [ExI] health insurance: was RE: AI 2027: A Realistic Scenario of AI Takeover<br>
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On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>> ... it’s MAGIC! The US government GIVES them free health insurance. But most penniless people don’t ever do it.<br>
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>...Why is that, and what can be done about it?<br>
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Good questions Adrian, along with the related important question: how do I personally cash in on that?<br>
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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.<br>
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