• wellee@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I would love to not have to pay $800usd +$200 monthly insurance just to get a questionable mole removed :')

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      9 months ago

      They take a little over one third of my pay check in taxes, which includes welfare (pension, etc) and healthcare, wealth tax and stuff.

      You still pay for it, but when it really makes the difference is for the unlucky, who need lengthy and/or expensive care, they are supported by the better off, “mutual assistance”.

      Of course some people want to reap the benefits of living in a modern society without having to do their part.

      • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.de
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        9 months ago

        It is also much cheaper. The US spends double the amount of money per capita on healthcare than compareable western european countries.

        Universal healthcare is so much more efficient. When Obama was asked why he just wanted to do the ACA and not universal healthcare he said, that there is 3 million jobs in the adminsitrative side of private health insurance, that would fall away otherwise. But those people could work other jobs and provide a benefit to the economy. The inefficiency of the US system is insane.