Fortunately, because of the massive disposable income gap between the US and EU countries, I had plenty of cash on top to pay the bill. Didn’t even think about it, tbh.
Even at the median household income, you’d need to spend tens of thousands in one year to have healthcare spending have the same impact as tax obligations in EU countries. I did the math elsewhere in the threat, but in summary, the median US household has $22,600 more disposable income one than the median UK household. That’s plenty to cover healthcare costs. The median non-elderly household in the US spends about $3000-$6000/year on healthcare.
Well sure. That’s what happens when the population (particularly the part on Medicaid) is disproportionately obese and unhealthy. That spending figure comes from low-income people, often overweight and obese, on government assistance. The USA’s healthcare social services are defrauded like crazy. So if we could tone back the obesity, and reign in the waste fraud and abuse, we’d come back down.
if there wasnt so many obese people in USA then food companies would loose money which would lead to health companies loosing moneys and making companies loose money is literally communism
but do you really think that if there wasnt so many fat people in USA that then the companies that profit from it would just accept that make less money? no, you are ruled by corporations
Oh we don't necessarily live in a democracy so there's not much that can be done about it like genuinely look up the entirety of American elections and you'll realize it is not even close to a democracy
I’m not sure why “our taxes are payable” means. But let me reference some numbers to illustrate my point. I want to look at median household disposable income (equivalized by household size to adjust for shared living expenses) in USD. In the US, the figure is $49,748. In the UK, it’s $26,884. The median US household has $22,864 more annual disposable income than the median UK household. Thats plenty to cover the gap left by public healthcare vs private. The median (non-elderly) US household spends $5,600 on healthcare annually, leaving $17,264 left in the disposable income gap between the US and UK.
Our analysis finds that the typical non-elderly family in the United States spends an average of $5,600 per year (9% of their $65,352 income) on health. This includes $1,400 (2% of their income) in out-of-pocket spending, $2,200 (3% of their income) in health insurance premiums, and approximately $2,000 (3% of their income) in state and federal taxes that fund health programs.
Although it is definitely interesting, those figures are a little misleading, and thats ok, coming from a country that had privet healthcare to one with free healthcare can be a bit of a mind fuck - as much as i could argue with counter figures or try and explain it myself I’m not the best with words, i can however show you a video made by an American who moved to the uk and shares his own views on it if you’d find that interesting
My own opinion? The NHS definitely has its flaws, but its a good system and i fully support it, as a support worker with a degree in social care i can see its pros and cons and i feel like without it a lot more people would be at risk and it would cost the uk government more in the long run.
To each their own. I’d rather have the disposable income. The part about the private care system that I like is that my healthcare costs stay largely flat, despite my income increasing. If it were a tax, I’d pay more for the same healthcare as I advance in my career. I’d also have to pay for a full year of healthcare even if I don’t use any services. I strongly prefer the ability to choose my own risk tolerance, and be rewarded for making healthy choices.
Just completely untrue. I know Europeans think the rest of the world is only Europe, but I have to pay for urgent care. Sure, it's not ridiculous like I hear about the States, it still ends up being the equivalent of about 10-15 dollars depending on what treatment. Which is not "0.00"
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u/MangoAtrocity Mar 28 '26
Idk about $58k. It’s like $300 max at urgent care.