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Sure, and if you live in Canada, you're explicitly paying for healthcare in the form of high taxes.
by umeshunni 7y ago
Sure, and if you live in Canada, you're explicitly paying for healthcare in the form of high taxes.
- klipt 7y agoProbably lower than what Americans pay (between 2.9%-3.8% Medicare tax plus insurance premiums). America's healthcare system is really bloated and inefficient compared to developed countries.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> Sure, and if you live in Canada, you're explicitly paying for healthcare in the form of high taxes. You mean, “the United States”, not Canada, right? The US pays more (not just per capita, but as a share of GDP, and thus would need higher taxes to pay for it) out of public funds for healthcare than Canada does. See, e.g., https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/health-spending-u-s-compare-countries/#item-u-s-similar-public-spending-private-sector-spending-triple-comparable-countries https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/health-... The US, unlike Canada, also pays a bit more in private funds on healthcare than it does in private funds.