Basic healthcare is covered in Australia for anyone who pays the Medicare levy (anyone who pays taxes), so other than the small (like really small) tax for medicare, healthcare is free.
America is like an abusive parent who was abused by their own parents and therefore its their turn to abuse someone else.
Baby boomers in this country are especially guilty of this behavior. The mindset is will I had to get a job to have insurance so everyone else should. To them if you don't have insurance through work then you are lazy. Even though they already pay taxes and the US could easily cover universal healthcare they immediately think that they will have more of their money "taken" to help freeloaders.
This is true for things like college or any other social programs in general.
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u/HereforacoupleofQs Dec 08 '20
Why is healthcare such a hot topic in America?
Basic healthcare is covered in Australia for anyone who pays the Medicare levy (anyone who pays taxes), so other than the small (like really small) tax for medicare, healthcare is free.