5 ms·

They have ambulances in the US too. Also, isn't Finland a country where you pay health insurance? If that is free, a lot of things in the US suddenly are free a

• purerandomness 6y ago
  > They have ambulances in the US too. We were talking about costs. In the US, calling an ambulance is not guaranteed to be free. OP claimed that as a young, healthy expat, you don't benefit from a system where your tax payments finance health care. I showed examples where a young, healthy expat directy benefits from this system, by having medical emergencies that would potentially bankrupt you in the US. Not sure I followed your point here.
• Mediterraneo10 6y ago
  > Also, isn't Finland a country where you pay health insurance? Not really. You pay income taxes in general, and some portion of that funds the public healthcare system, but healthcare isn’t something you ever have to think about in particular.
• seanmcdirmid 6y ago
  You don’t have to pay to use most roads in the USA, on a usage basis at least. The use of the word free but not really isn’t foreign to Americans.
  • whitexn--g28h 6y ago
    You absolutely pay for roads on a usage basis [1] unless you drive an electric car. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_taxes_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_taxes_in_the_United_State...
    • ejolto 6y ago
      That's not paying for roads, that's paying for fuel. You would be paying those fuel taxes even if you were only driving on your own private roads.
    • seanmcdirmid 6y ago
      The gas tax hasn’t covered the cost of road maintenance since the 80s.