> In the EU, the supply of medical services generally qualifies for exemption from VAT, among other taxes. Same applies with charitable donations... that is pre

> In the EU, the supply of medical services generally qualifies for exemption from VAT, among other taxes. Same applies with charitable donations... that is pretty much a US thing too. Just to check we're on the same page: I was talking about taxes and donations that are used to fund the purchase and maintenance of the scanner, radiographers, etc. That is, the patient-facing cost (or consultant-facing cost, or researcher-facing cost, or whatever) might be $100, but how much more expensive would it have been if taxes etc hadn't gone some way towards funding it? I don't know the answer, but I suspect it comes out to be a fair bit. I do academic research using MRI, and (from what I've heard) we see significant price differences according to where a researcher's funding came from, and whether the scan counts as being "on the NHS" or not.