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There's no free healthcare. You either pay it directly, or through taxes. Europeans pay high taxes, social security and VAT on most things. My brother in law pa
by bufferoverflow 9y ago
There's no free healthcare. You either pay it directly, or through taxes. Europeans pay high taxes, social security and VAT on most things. My brother in law pays almost 55% on his 80k salary in Italy. I don't think I ever paid over 38% even when I was making $160K in the US.
If you look at the median salaries, $4.7K in premiums over a year is not a big deal, and then you spend another $7K in case you need to max out your insurance, which most people don't do until much later in life.
- IWeldMelons 9y agoYou and your employer pay for the insurance. This is the hidden 10% of tax, plus your out of pocket expenses you'd end up paying, if you get sick.
- slededit 9y agoExcept the US government already spends more public money per capita than Canada and doesn't have universal care. Your government is spending more and getting much less. http://www.businessinsider.com/us-spends-more-public-money-on-healthcare-than-sweden-or-canada-2017-4 http://www.businessinsider.com/us-spends-more-public-money-o...