Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row (2018)
by rayiner on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @01:30PM
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What about the 60% of Americans who have health insurance through their employers? The median American spends about $3,000 a year on premiums + out of pocket expenses: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2.... That's less than what most would pay in mandatory social insurance taxes in Europe.
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Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row (2018)
by tapland on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @05:46PM
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> That's less than what most would pay in mandatory social insurance taxes in Europe.
Yeah, it might be. But you also pay that in the US, to the same degree.
Why is it so common to think that US citizens don't pay taxes towards healthcare? They do, and just as much as western europeans. The europeans just don't have to pay those extra $3k. US healthcare costs twice as much per person as healthcare in other western nations.