> netherlands is richer than UK but their childcare costs half as much. In germany it's free. Is this private childcare setting its own rates in a market, or s

> netherlands is richer than UK but their childcare costs half as much. In germany it's free. Is this private childcare setting its own rates in a market, or some public childcare service paid for with increased taxes, or some hybrid (i.e. private with supplemental government funding, or private with mandated limits on pricing)?