California Considers Doubling Its Taxes

Re:California Considers Doubling Its Taxes by handoflixue on Friday January 07, 2022 @03:56PM (#29844699)

I don't follow. "The minimum insurance that they get is inadequate to my needs" seems like a poor argument when the alternative is "absolutely nothing, which is inadequate for everyone". In the US, instead of wait times, we have people who just go without entirely. I know if I was unemployed, I'd much prefer an 18 week wait time to a "no".

And for anyone privileged to be able to afford good insurance in the US, you can presumably pay for better private insurance/service in Europe, right?

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Re:California Considers Doubling Its Taxes by onphonenow on Friday January 07, 2022 @04:54PM (#29845349)

If you don't mind long waits, then a UK style system may be a good option for you.

Places like Germany have taken a very different approach. Govt stays out of delivery of care entirely, but everyone has coverage basically (80% public/20% private maybe).

Public care is pretty good with low waits. But govt not delivering it.

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