It kinda amazes me how many financially independent Mustachians are planning to work multiple extra years of their lives in an attempt to save 25X the ever-spiraling cost of healthcare, chasing a financial mirage essentially, and yet MOST WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE SITUATION.
Unless you have a very high income, you pay more for healthcare than you do in taxes. Imagine the outrage and riots if your taxes increased 5-15% every single year? But for whatever reason, financial fiascos in the "healthcare" category are assumed to be inevitable. Well guess what: Just as high taxes are an outcome of a given political system that can be changed, so are high healthcare costs. Literally every other developed democracy has solved this problem. Any of their templates would be better than this.
So, on our way to work as anxiety-wrecked millionaire cube monkeys, let's consider how many thousands of hours we're spending in a dusty grey/beige office versus how many hours we spend on political activism (NONE you say?). Consider the thousands of dollars in commuting expenses we pay versus our resistance to writing a $150 check to support the campaign of someone willing to solve the healthcare problem. Also, consider how the uncertain payoff of actually participating in our democracy is aversive, whereas we are somehow comfortable with a status quo that, if it continues, is certain to destroy our dreams.
Finally, consider that the reason you are still working is because everyone else is just like you - too busy running on this treadmill to work toward a solution. If you're waiting for the big collapse that somehow inevitably ushers in a better system, consider how it might eventually be you choosing to either die from a treatable illness or leave your family bankrupt (or maybe you don't even get the second option). Everyone else will continue waiting around for things to get really bad.
It only makes sense to call your reps, attend meetings, write checks, join, organize, pressure, speak, and raise hell. If you're not willing to work even that hard, I have news: You're not immigrating to Canada either.
/rant
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