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Singapore has heavily subsidized healthcare, but they've announced that if you're medically eligible for the vaccine, choose not to get it, and end up in the ho
by thematrixturtle 4y ago
Singapore has heavily subsidized healthcare, but they've announced that if you're medically eligible for the vaccine, choose not to get it, and end up in the hospital due to COVID, you'll pay the full unsubsidized rates.
- basisword 4y agoIt doesn't work in a system where nobody pays. e.g. UK
- tluyben2 4y agoIn NL a you have healthcare by mandatory insurance (and they cannot refuse you), so I think there is room for a rule like this in NL; I think that’s not the case in the UK or other places like ES and PT.
- belter 4y agoYou are opening the door to your insurance require that you become a vegan or increase the premium to unaffordable levels. Then as you accept the principle, you will be mandated to take other vaccines. Your compliance will be verified by a chip. "Imagine the compliance": https://nitter.net/loffredojeremy/status/1527521228688445442 https://nitter.net/loffredojeremy/status/1527521228688445442
- tluyben2 4y agoIt’s not a good plan, but neither did I think the current system in NL is a good plan; I did not vote for the people who got NL healthcare to this point.
- hdjjhhvvhga 4y ago"Nobody pays" is an understatement; everybody who is working in the UK or is officially selling/buying[0] a product or service is paying for it. [0] While technically it's the company who pays VAT to the HMRC, it is the end customer who actually spends that money, so it's just semantics.
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