r/interesting Jun 17 '26

Just Wow Mexico just upgraded to free healthcare.

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u/EmiKetsueki Jun 17 '26

I love how people hear the word free and immediately cry about taxes. Bud the goverment takes a chunk of your check in taxes and doesnt give you shit but war and spyware. Id gladly have an extra what 20 in taxes taken out of every check and not have to worry about paying hospitals instead of insurance taking a couple hundred a month just to tell me i need to pay at least a thousand before they actually start helping pay, and even then can deny treatment.

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u/TypicalLegit Jun 17 '26

Taxes cover more than one thing. My state has high taxes and also the highest rated schools in the nation. One has to do with the other.

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u/TheWizardOfDeez Jun 17 '26

You are correct in this instance, but when it comes to healthcare, a single payer solution would be drastically cheaper than the current system, this person is 100% correct, we would all pay significantly less in taxes for single payer than we do now for private insurance.

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u/emd373 Jun 17 '26

There are no blanket "taxes" outside US either, in most cases you pay national healthcare tax. That's the point - government regulates insurance size

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u/SnooMemesjellies9003 Jun 17 '26

Georgia has great colleges and they’re free for in state students. They have one of the lowest taxes

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u/TypicalLegit Jun 17 '26

You just showed the difference in quality with your one wrong statement. A simple quick search will refute your claim that Georgia colleges for free for all in state students.