• Art3mis@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    Not to have a tax penalty. Also the privilege to be told no. There are people literally dying to have insurance that will also tell them no

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      13 days ago

      It’s also designed to keep people dependent on their employers. You land a salaries position at a company that provides one of the few decent healthcare plans in the US, and suddenly you’ll put up with a lot of shit to keep that job…

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        12 days ago

        Huh. They ask all kinds of questions about it still… but im really just running off of what my mom told me when i first started filing lol