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Lol at the $35,000. My brother’s cancer drug (which is luckily funded by his insurance at the moment – the same insurance company that balked at paying for an MRI of his brain while he had a six-week long migraine and was unable to walk) costs $40,000 a month.
Yeah, but remember, their taxes are so low that businesses can afford to pay their employees so much that most Anericans are actually incredibly wealthy. Just go out on the street and ask any American.
…not that guy… not that guy either… or that guy… that guy doesn’t count… no not that guy either…
What about raising the tax so that increased pay for the employees increases the amount of deductibles for the company which in turn reduces the actual tax they have to pay?
Has that ever been tried before?
Maybe some decades ago?
…before Reagan?Yeah, but remember, their taxes are so low that businesses can afford to pay their employees so much that most Anericans are actually incredibly wealthy.
That’s the theory for “trickle down” economics, but in reality it’s piss trickling down.
Nonsense, there’s shit mixed in as well.
Unironic all my friends with their washed brains argument in favor of united states…
“but they got even more money than us working on mcdonalds duh”
I blame the asker for asking wrong.
Very american to have a feelgood story for the viewers instead of healthcare for everyone.
These kinds of stories don’t make me feel good at all. It’s so fucking depressing. It’s only “feel good” to USAians.
This exact post is in there already from 4 months ago.
And I will continue to upvote it.
That is one hell of a name lol
If you haven’t seen it, the name is from this meme
…well I certainly didn’t know THAT community existed!
Also, in other countries they can just retire
Not for long! Gotta hit that 5% that NATO asked for!
source that socialised healthcare will be dismantled because of that?
You need a source for the fact that a euro spent on American weapons is a euro you can no longer spend on reversing the dismantling of socialized health care that has been going on since the 80s in pretty much every single EU country? Do you need a source for object permanence too?
Good news, socialized healthcare is cheaper than non-socialized healthcare.
Several EU governments spend LESS money (as a percentage of GDP) on healthcare than the US does, while having universal healthcare. That’s quite literally not counting the part that Americans pay out of pocket or for their private insurance, just what the US government pays for the few programs it does have (Medicare, Medicaid, veterans, etc). Add in everything the American citizens themselves pay and not a single country spends as much.
In the Baltics we’ve been consistently hitting 3-4% in recent years despite the target being 2% (which most countries are barely hitting). We have socialized healthcare. Poland is now leading the pack around 4.5%, they still have socialized healthcare.
Russia’s waging a literal war, has military spending over 6% of GDP and still has universal healthcare.
The US itself could easily afford universal healthcare. Insurance companies, hospitals and even many doctors don’t want it because they’d all make less money.
So again, source that socialized healthcare will be dismantled because of a slight increase in military spending?
The real danger to social systems in the developed world is the aging population resulting in the tax base shrinking.
oh and get this, EU/Uk also have private healthcare if patients see wait times are too long, USA only, through propaganda only see this as black and white, they dont think you can have universal/low pay, free healthcare and private healthcare at the same time. dental care is different though, it mostly out of pocket for most people.
Yup. I’ve only ever needed this to see a psychiatrist about my ADHD personally. It’s expensive (still much cheaper than the US), but you get an appointment in a week or 2.
And the drugs they prescribe are still covered by the national healthcare system so once the treatment plan is in place, you visit the expensive doctor once or twice a year and get prescription refills through your GP (no need for a visit and the visit is free anyway), doesn’t end up costing too much in the long run.
