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> What most other countries are doing: Fund healthcare from tax money. Then why do people in those same countries purchase additional insurance from the privat
by j4kp07 8y ago
> What most other countries are doing: Fund healthcare from tax money.
Then why do people in those same countries purchase additional insurance from the private sector?
> In other countries they pay in taxes, in the US they pay for it in their own higher medical bills.
Surely you have heard of Medicaid and Medicare before. Yes?
- burntwater 8y ago> Then why do people in those same countries purchase additional insurance from the private sector? Same reason some people upgrade their coach-class airline tickets - they can afford a nicer, more personalized level of service.