I know the American education system is appalling but your assertion is inexcusable bullshit.
- Universal healthcare is never “free” it is paid for by taxes.
- The cost each person pays is quite manageable when compared to what Americans end up paying.
- No country pays more per capita than the US although Americans get NOTHING for their spent taxes.
- European (and other) countries get universal healthcare and yet get less taxation for it.
- Americans get the higher taxes PLUS premiums, PLUS co-pays.
You are also OVERCHARGED for everything. You pay $800 for a bag of saline that costs $8 under universal healthcare. The extra Americans pay is PROFIT for the medical industry.
Are you saying that you are covered for 33 times your salary ?
So if you are earning $100,000 you are covered for up to $3,300,000.
How much is your insurance contribution for that cover ?
I guess if you’re lucky you’re employer pays a lot of it.
How much do you have to pay every time you see a doctor ?
In the UK about 20% of taxes go to the NHS, so if I was earning £100,000 I’d pay about £30,000 in tax, of which $6,000 would be paid to the NHS.
For that £6,000 contribution, I pay nothing whenever I see a doctor, I pay nothing for any treatment, there is no limit to the treatment I can receive and I will not need to contribute a single additional penny for that treatment. If I am forced to give up my well paid job, and contribute effectively zero to the NHS I will still be treated for nothing.
If I earn £50,000 and pay far less tax than when earning £100,000 I still get the same level of coverage.
Somebody earning $50,000 only gets half the coverage the $100,000 earner receives.
What happens when the money runs out, or your illness causes you to lose your job what’s 33 times 0?
What’s 333 times 0?
I think Europeans justifiably have bragging rights here
