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You can almost certainly obtain it privately and still pay far less for healthcare than the Americans, given under the US system they pay more in taxes towards
by vidarh 2y ago
You can almost certainly obtain it privately and still pay far less for healthcare than the Americans, given under the US system they pay more in taxes towards healthcare per capita than most of the rest of the world - including many European countries - and still need private insurance.
In most of Europe you can also still get increased private cover on top of the public cover if you choose and still end up paying a fraction of what the average American pays - you're just always guaranteed a baseline cover.
- FirmwareBurner 2y agoAmericans have their insurance paid by their employer.
- vidarh 2y agoIn 2022, the average employee contribution to "employer-sponsored" healthcare in the US was $6400/year.
- 9x39 2y agoWhile that might be literally true depending how it’s measured, a majority of employees (especially professional types) don’t pay for their insurance unless they want to cover their family. Like with anything in American healthcare, it’s complicated: https://www.forbes.com/advisor/health-insurance/health-insurance-statistics-and-facts/ https://www.forbes.com/advisor/health-insurance/health-insur...
- FirmwareBurner 2y agoHow much more disposable income does the average American have VS the average European? Americans spend more but they also have a lot more to spend.