When you say "we've historically benefitted", what do you mean? Surely you can't be referring to me, because I wasn't around "historically".

> We pay the same health insurance rates as everyone else.

Did you miss everything I said? If it's a flat rate, it's not insurance. It's a mandatory subsidy pool.

And yes, it is an insult and a waste; certain groups are systematically forced to give up the results of their labor for the benefit of other groups. Besides obviously subverting useful market-based societal optimization mechanisms, it's also very similar to certain social institutions we sought to eliminate a while back...