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I'm curious why this is so shocking to you (as a Belgian) when the country literally right next door has health insurance, premiums, and deductibles. https://w

• seszett 4y ago
  > the country literally right next door Well I never lived in the Netherlands and I am not planning on doing so, so their healthcare system isn't really something I have ever had any reason to study. This system strikes me as very different from ours and the costs I see on this page are far higher than those in Belgium, France or Germany. This deductible system also does not exist in these countries. Average wage in Belgium after tax is 19 000€ from what I can see, so about 1600€ per month, however various sources give different numbers and another number I can find gives 2250€ as median wage. The difference might be that 1600€ per month takes into account the whole population including people who aren't working while the median is calculated on the people who do have a salary, I'm not sure though. It's not especially low either way when one doesn't have to pay "$30k to $45k per year [...] for a family’s (of 4) healthcare in a calendar year" (according to sibling comment). School and education in general is mostly free as well, which also helps I guess. A family of four in reasonably good health should expect to spend a few hundred euros per year on healthcare here.