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This opinion comes around often and what bothers me a bit is this "free" in free healthcare. There is no such thing. Eventually the money for the people and thi
by kungito 9y ago
This opinion comes around often and what bothers me a bit is this "free" in free healthcare. There is no such thing. Eventually the money for the people and things has to come from somewhere.
The conversation is often about how do some EU countries have free healthcare and US doesn't. The answer is higher taxes, longer waiting lists, lower quality, no support for extreme cases and low accountability.
"Free healthcare" countries often cannot afford these modern cutting edge treatments so people often end up leaving for US to pay for the treatment themselves. If US didn't have such a brutal healthcare system then who would do the research since the "free healthcare" countries cannot afford it?
- albertgoeswoof 9y agoHealthcare is essential. Either you pay for the healthcare through taxes, or society does in some other way. The some other way that the US has implemented is to put layers bureaucracy of insurance and artificial "market choices" on top of the care, which removes all inefficiencies and inflates the cost dramatically. Of course the alternative is to leave people with health conditions out on the street and just ignore them, which does seem to be a common occurrence in the US