ickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoWhat I'm paying to find out I don't have breast cancer. I have insurance. (Ultrasound and mammogram in the USA)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square128fedilinkarrow-up1701arrow-down118
arrow-up1683arrow-down1imageWhat I'm paying to find out I don't have breast cancer. I have insurance. (Ultrasound and mammogram in the USA)lemmy.worldickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square128fedilink
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down28·8 months agoYou still are paying for it but its taxes I stead of insurance
minus-squareLordKitsuna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·8 months agoThe problem is that Americans pay both taxes and these outrageous rates for medical. People throw around the oh it’s just in your taxes as if Americans don’t also pay taxes. Ours just get wasted on useless fucking defense contracts
minus-squareSkepticalButOpenMinded@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·8 months agoAmericans pay more in taxes towards healthcare than any other country, and then pay for private healthcare on top of that.
minus-squareFushuan [he/him]@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 months agoI pay less taxes than the average American, therefore my healthcare is free for me in comparison. I also don’t pay for private insurance either.
You still are paying for it but its taxes I stead of insurance
The problem is that Americans pay both taxes and these outrageous rates for medical. People throw around the oh it’s just in your taxes as if Americans don’t also pay taxes. Ours just get wasted on useless fucking defense contracts
Americans pay more in taxes towards healthcare than any other country, and then pay for private healthcare on top of that.
I pay less taxes than the average American, therefore my healthcare is free for me in comparison. I also don’t pay for private insurance either.