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He doesn't get free healthcare, he gets socialized healthcare that he pays for with taxes. It's not a gift out of magic, it's a political and economical choice.
by nolok 13y ago
He doesn't get free healthcare, he gets socialized healthcare that he pays for with taxes. It's not a gift out of magic, it's a political and economical choice.
- ollysb 13y agoThat depends on whether or not he's paying taxes ;)
- thomasfedb 13y agoIf he's not paying the tax then his parents either are or did. Same here in Australia, it's just a part of the basic standard we are prepared to be taxed for.
- Brakenshire 13y agoThe US and the UK do actually spend the same percentage of GDP in government taxation on healthcare. It's just that for the same amount of money Americans get treatment for the poor and the elderly, whereas the British get universal coverage. So, relative to the US, the UK coverage of the wider population is actually free. There is no greater sacrifice, or higher level of taxation to pay for the extra coverage. References are quite easy to find, but here's one, from the Telegraph, quoting data from the OECD: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/edmundconway/100006775/us-government-spends-more-on-health-than-the-nhs/ http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/edmundconway/100006775/...