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A normal birth in the UK is free! UK doctors don't work for free, and neither do nurses. Not to mention equipment and buildings. You're taxed for it.
by onetimemanytime 9y ago
A normal birth in the UK is free!
UK doctors don't work for free, and neither do nurses. Not to mention equipment and buildings. You're taxed for it.
- DanBC 9y agoPeople obviously mean "free at the point of delivery, available to all regardless of ability to pay". Also, the US government pays more per capita on healthcare than the UK governments for a system that isn't free at the point of delivery. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthcaresystem/articles/howdoesukhealthcarespendingcompareinternationally/2016-11-01 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthan...
- petercooper 9y agoAbsolutely, but what the British pay in taxes for healthcare is less than what the equivalent American pays in both taxes and insurance.