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And here I thought the Netherlands was expensive.. 100 bucks a month + a 385 deductible. And our level of care is top of the world. Man do I completely un-envy
by tornadoboy55 10y ago
And here I thought the Netherlands was expensive.. 100 bucks a month + a 385 deductible. And our level of care is top of the world. Man do I completely un-envy Americans.
- gwright 10y agoWithout trying to defend or criticize the ACA, I would just say that this is too simplistic of a comparison. How much of your general taxes are redirected towards healthcare, for example? One of the reasons that the ACA is broken from a financial point of view is that the Democrats didn't want to simply raise general taxes and redistribute to fund the program. Instead they played all sorts of games with the 'individual mandate' to try to force participation without 'raising taxes'. But this is just a way for healthy individuals to avoid participating in the insurance pool -- which is a great way to destroy the actuarial basis of insurance. It is entirely possible to be for nationalized health care and still think the ACA is structurally unsound and needs to be replaced.