# The ethics of health insurance

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [December 5, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-health-insurance/1011177 "2024-12-05T03:45:03Z")
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#### Post date: [December 6, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-health-insurance/1011177/103 "2024-12-06T21:01:43Z")

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Reading this discussion, it occurs to me that one side effect of socialized medicine is that the rich would pay a larger share of the total bill.

See thread about whether the rich pay enough taxes:

> [@Make the rich pay their fair share!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-the-rich-pay-their-fair-share/1011019):
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> [[image] ](https://i.imgur.com/GEqngyY.jpg) From the Department of “Be careful what you ask for”. Politicians like to scream, “Make the rich pay their fair share!” After reading this, the rich will want to but the rest of us will not like it. An interesting article in today’s WSJ, on page A12. ■ “The top 1% of income-tax filers provided 40.4% of the revenue in 2022, according to recently released IRS data. ■ “The top 10% of filers carried 72% of the tax burden.” Read those number…

This strikes me as a good outcome, speaking as someone who would probably pay more, but who would find the freedom from worry with it even without the benefit to others. But i suspect that’s one of the reasons we didn’t have it. Heaven forfend that wealthy white property owners pay to subsidize the healthcare of poor brown laborers.

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