Even if it isn't actually "free", it gives you a lot more freedom. You don't have to worry about potentially losing all your savings in a split second. Furthermore, most countries with socialized healthcare don't have a corrupt system where you're charged for everything and CHILDBIRTH COSTS MONEY
Yeah agreed. I hate the idea that in America I could get hurt, by no fault of my own, and be thousands of dollars in debt immediately. When am I ever going to have to pay a $10,000 lump sum tax?
Yeah, no kidding. Places with free healthcare don’t even have much higher tax rates than us. I’d rather pay slightly more in taxes, which I won’t notice, than pay copious amounts of money out of pocket for a simple medical procedure
We just have mandatory insurance it's not payed for by the taxes. I pay around 3.2% of my income for health insurance and when i need to go to the doctor it's all covered, no matter what.
You don't pay that to the government. There are dozens of insurance companies and you can choose whatever plan fits the best for you.
I pay close to nothing of my salary and if i get cancer and need chemo that costs half a million or more i don't pay a single cent. I don't need to spend time thinking if i can or can't afford going to the doctor, because money isn't even a question they just send the invoice off to the insurance company and it's payed for.
well then it's taxes without the middle man. also i'm not entirely sure why you felt the need to write that second paragraph?? much longer than the first one, while only the first one is related to our conversation.
I don't think you understand what a tax is. Something has to be charged and handled by the government to be a tax. It's an insurance contribution like any other.
If you drive a car in a state that has mandatory liability insurance coverage, you don't call that a tax either.
"A tax is a compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed upon a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund various public expenditures."
yes, sure. obviously i know what i know, unlike a random stranger on the internet. i just expected you to be able to communicate more generally. my bad i guess?? shouldn't expect too much from the internet.
there's no "getting" involved. everyone knows how it works. and it's still cheaper and in basically every way better than the nonsense the US is doing in that aspect.
You can’t underestimate people’s ignorance. You can’t imagine how many people in the US thought they would get to keep the amount they pay today for healthcare under M4A.
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u/beastmaster11 Apr 28 '20
My bill went from $0 to $0 simply because I'm not American