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on the flip side, would you rather the bribe your dr for an appointment and "donate" to the school?
by abwizz 3y ago
on the flip side, would you rather the bribe your dr for an appointment and "donate" to the school?
- harha 3y agowell you need to in a public system that's overloaded, so you lose both when paying in and again when you need to get treatment.
- vidarh 3y agoAmericans pay more in tax towards public healthcare than we do in some European countries. Then they pay again. E.g. the UK NHS costs less per capita than Medicare + Medicaid costs per capita (not per user), despite the former providing universal service. Partly explained by artificial restrictions on Medicare limiting their ability to negotiate price - the "free" market is intentionally prevented from functioning. It's pretty much corporate welfare paid for by regular tax payers. I never understand why Americans tolerate this. The proportion who pays twice in the UK is around 10% who opt for private insurance on top. The proportion who pays twice in the US is every tax payer. Total healthcare spend per capita (public + private) tells a pretty clear picture, where costs of healthcare in the US is totally out of control.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago>Americans pay more in tax towards public healthcare than we do in some European countries. Then they pay again. The US system is designed to be profitable for those running it, not offer good value for those using it.
- harha 3y agoYeah US really has the worst of it all, very high taxes and not much to show for it.
- abwizz 3y agothey arguably got the best military power projection capabilities