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> Employer-sponsored healthcare is aggressively anti-entrepreneurial and any universal program would be a massive boon to independent workers and those who own or want to start their own business.

Can't emphasize this too much.

I'd rather start a small startup of my own, but the only thing that always keeps me away is health insurance in the US. I have enough savings that I could afford to pay all my expenses for many years so I'd be comfortable with no revenue for a long time.

Except for health insurance, which currently is $2500/month through company group plan, surely even more expensive for a new tiny startup. Can't do it.

I guess I need to wait until I qualify for medicare to try my hand at my own startup.




And god forbid a person has actual health issues, which is not uncommon for people in their 40's and 50's, a time when a lot of people first have the savings and/or experience to start their own business.




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