Yeah, but what’s the lie on this context? And it’s stating the obvious that the $0.00 bill is untrue because the $ is “added” taxes, it’s not free for the people there. I’m all for single-payer/socialized care, but this text is kinda crap.
IMO the buried story is that a foreigner got full, quality, unquestioned medical care and was not given a guilt trip or asked to pay. That’s the amazing part.
if you call health-care premiums a tax (a rose by any other name etc) - Americans pay more as an amount, a percentage and per capita anyway. The only difference is the name.
Yeah, Americans don’t just pay for healthcare but also to enrich insurance company workers. And even the healthcare part is gamed because the hospitals want to gouge the insurance companies for as much as possible, which then means the insurance companies reject some treatments (and guess who is ultimately paying for the people whose role is to deny as much coverage as possible?).
Yeah, but what’s the lie on this context? And it’s stating the obvious that the $0.00 bill is untrue because the $ is “added” taxes, it’s not free for the people there. I’m all for single-payer/socialized care, but this text is kinda crap.
IMO the buried story is that a foreigner got full, quality, unquestioned medical care and was not given a guilt trip or asked to pay. That’s the amazing part.
if you call health-care premiums a tax (a rose by any other name etc) - Americans pay more as an amount, a percentage and per capita anyway. The only difference is the name.
Yeah, Americans don’t just pay for healthcare but also to enrich insurance company workers. And even the healthcare part is gamed because the hospitals want to gouge the insurance companies for as much as possible, which then means the insurance companies reject some treatments (and guess who is ultimately paying for the people whose role is to deny as much coverage as possible?).
That wasn’t what I was arguing.
here’s how I read it:
“it’s not free because Europeans pay taxes”
“yeah, so do Americans, they just call it premiums rather than taxes, and when comparing that way, Americans still pay way more”