Re:Things Most Americans Don’t Know About America
by coldtea on Saturday July 13, 2013 @02:59PM
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>That said: The author (and others) mention people getting surgery and the like for free. This doesn't seem accurate to me: doctors and nurses must be payed, medicines acquired, hospitals run, etc. The cost may be collected differently (taxation vs. insurance or at time of service) and various systems may be more or less efficient. But except in rare edge cases, no system is free.
Well, for one it's not overpaid 10 times, as is in the US.
So essentially, even in the numeric sense, it's almost free.
Second, for free means "without having to pay directly".
Yes, people pay through taxes.
But then again, you pay taxes in the US too, and that doesn't give you free surgery.
Well, for one it's not overpaid 10 times, as is in the US.
So essentially, even in the numeric sense, it's almost free.
Second, for free means "without having to pay directly".
Yes, people pay through taxes.
But then again, you pay taxes in the US too, and that doesn't give you free surgery.