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Re:“So many people spend their working lives doing jobs they... by superuser2 on Sunday March 22, 2015 @11:49AM (#9247151)
Sure you do. Your insurance premiums are your taxes. An actuary had to figure out how much revenue the state healthcare system has to bring in to be stable.
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Re:“So many people spend their working lives doing jobs they... by collyw on Sunday March 22, 2015 @11:58AM (#9247192)
Well unlike insurance premiums, we don't get a choice in paying taxes. And the poor who don't have the money to pay taxes are still covered. So while what you say is true in one respect, its not really the same.

And it has been well documented that the American system is very inefficient compared to Europes.

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