Re:Medicare will require hospitals to post prices online
by isostatic on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @03:20PM
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> 2. Charities. You can start your own: give 5% of your income to underinsured. For example:
That's a shockingly high amount, especially if you don't get healthcare out of that.
16% of my taxes go to pay for my health care system, which covers the whole country. For someone on a median income that's 3% of their income. For someone on a top 10% income that's 4.15% of their income.
To spend 5% of your Gross Income on the NHS in the UK, you have to pay 31% in total taxes, that's an income of £75k, that's circa top 5% income.
That's a shockingly high amount, especially if you don't get healthcare out of that.
16% of my taxes go to pay for my health care system, which covers the whole country. For someone on a median income that's 3% of their income. For someone on a top 10% income that's 4.15% of their income.
To spend 5% of your Gross Income on the NHS in the UK, you have to pay 31% in total taxes, that's an income of £75k, that's circa top 5% income.