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What I pay for in medical insurance and routine medical expenses pushes me is just about equal to the difference between my current US taxes and European tax ra
by sangnoir 5y ago
What I pay for in medical insurance and routine medical expenses pushes me is just about equal to the difference between my current US taxes and European tax rates - and I'm a fairly healthy person with no chronic conditions.
Frankly, I don't see the point of celebrating the fact that my money is going to private companies as premiums/co-payments rather than to the central government as taxes, while getting worse medical outcomes for it (with a risk of medical bankruptcy).
- varispeed 5y agoWhen you have more complex health problems, you'll notice though that you still have to use private healthcare, because state provided is next to useless.
- sangnoir 5y agoTaking what you said at face value - this doesn't give an advantage to either system when it comes to the minority of people who have complex health problems. In practice, European private healthcare is likely to have more price transparency and cheaper costs due to the pricing of procedures and medical consumables having been negotiated/capped by a government agency or an independent body.