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> But the actual numbers don't lie, Europeans on average pay less for healthcare That's besides my point, which is that you can't just tax the rich to pay for

> But the actual numbers don't lie, Europeans on average pay less for healthcare That's besides my point, which is that you can't just tax the rich to pay for universal healthcare. It has to come out of everyone's paycheck. The other side of the coin is that Europeans earn less and that healthcare workers especially earn less. Yet, systems such as the NHS are at the brink of financial collapse. You couldn't achieve the same "savings" in the US without massive forced wage cuts to health care workers. > I'd rather pay my taxes... That's a fair opinion to have. Saying that you'd rather "tax the rich" isn't, it's dishonest (or uninformed).

me_me_me 7y ago
> Yet, systems such as the NHS are at the brink of financial collapse. The reason for this is the Tories are defunding it and taking stabs at it. So that NHS becomes unpopular with public and could be privatized into US style healthcare. Its straight out of neo-liberal playbook, de-fund/cripple public institution, replace management with 'your' people who further japerdise the institution. Start PR campaign against institution to ridicule it and when people buy the PR, cut it up and sell it off.
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- gridlockd 7y ago
  By "defunding" you must mean a lower increase in year-over-year spending. https://fullfact.org/health/spending-english-nhs/ https://fullfact.org/health/spending-english-nhs/