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> Note that public health system is for free. In my country (also EU) the public health system is most definitely not "free". It is paid for by a universal tax
by Radim 5y ago
> Note that public health system is for free.
In my country (also EU) the public health system is most definitely not "free". It is paid for by a universal tax called (insidiously and inaccurately) "health insurance".
> There's lately though talk about unvaccinated COVID patients bearing the cost nonetheless.
Calls for true insurance (individualized, based on actual health and habits) are completely infeasible for political reasons.
What I can see happening is the existing mandatory health tax PLUS extra payments for non-grata groups. Some constitutional changes may be needed, but since all the right people would profit (extra $$$), that's just a technical detail in this day and age.
- solididiot 5y agoI'm not sure I follow you but a few things are apparent to me at 45 yrs of age: 1. public health system will take care of you to its abilities (which to a large extent are defined by the taxation yes) 2. no private insurer is paying or covering anything COVID-related and they never did 3. been trying to get private insurance on top of the public one and I'm told time and again that a few systems of mine will be excluded (i.e. they won't insure me for anything bearing the remotest possibility of actually needing them for). Also that I am too old to start now... if anything is clear from the COVID story in my mind is that we need a better and more capable public health system. Private healthcare is not about health or care.