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[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 29 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (43 children)

Pooling everybody's money so that the ones who are unfortunate get money to help with their situation definitely is a product. Just because you don't understand something doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Is there a nonprofit insurance company?

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 8 points 11 months ago

Healthcare provided publically can be thought of as nonprofit insurance.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like something everyone should have

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No argument from me. Although Medicare/Medicaid is generally not a great insurance.

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah I have a partner that has it and she has MS took her 6 years to approved her for a life time injection.

[–] SuperCub@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

This is my favorite answer so far

[–] aidan@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Kaiser Permanente to an extent, same with BCBS- though they also have a lot of for-profit affiliates. There are also a fair number of local non-profit insurers

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] aidan@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Like Mozilla, the parent company is not-for-profit with for-profit subsidiaries

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

How do they make money? Honestly I don't even know how Mozilla works with out Google paying them.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

There are. They are also state-run. But they are mostly in former soviet republics.

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