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October 23, 2017 · 1:20:38 · 14 min

Insurance as shared risk, pro-life consistency, faithful in the means

A host lays out Matthew's definition of a just system - nobody falls off the cliff from preventable causes - then reframes insurance as a group risk pool: his own $25,000 in premiums over a decade with a never-met deductible only 'works' because others drew more than they paid, like car insurance. They note perverse details (HSAs cannot buy vitamins or gym memberships; eczema medicine jumping from a $5 to a $300 copay) and agree all insurance redistributes money - the only question is whom you trust. The host presses pro-life consistency - opposing abortion and assisted suicide while tolerating deaths from unaffordable care - and closes the arc on 'faithful in the means': serve the community in front of you even when you cannot predict the systemic impact.

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