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69_420_ t1_iuk6ek8 wrote

Reply to comment by Cloudeur in Julia Roberts reveals Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King paid the hospital bill for her birth by CharlieDarwin2

Yes. So you paid for it... Don't worry you'll understand how taxes work one day

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Helstrem t1_iuk6xza wrote

Did you know that Americans pay more per capita in taxes for healthcare than Canadians, Brits, the French or Germans? Then we add premiums, deductibles and co-pays on top of that.

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69_420_ t1_iuk78q3 wrote

Yeah, but that's misleading because most of those taxes come from employer companies paying it, not individual taxes.

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Helstrem t1_iukbq0t wrote

That is 100% irrelevant. Do you think the NHS taxes are all from private citizens? The fact is our system is so fucked that even though more is paid per capita in taxes alone we have significantly worse outcomes. That is ignoring all the personal funds we pay after taxes, from whatever source, have already been paid.

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Cloudeur t1_iuk6x5t wrote

I just explained how we pay it through our taxes and we don’t have to expect a bill when we need treatment. Don’t worry, you’ll understand how to read one day ;)

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mathpat t1_iuk7uuh wrote

I'm an American. No, unfortunately he won't. Being willfully ignorant is seen as a badge of honor to one side of the political spectrum here.

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69_420_ t1_iuk7bb6 wrote

Paying for it to the hospital and to taxes is the same thing essentially. Do you not understand that? You're paying for it either way

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Cloudeur t1_iuk7s9m wrote

No it’s not.

Directly would be incredibly expensive per individual. Through taxes it’s collectively paid. That’s the biggest difference.

People reference their healthcare services as « free » because they don’t have to pay out of pocket.

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69_420_ t1_iuk8xt9 wrote

Jeez someone is in for a rude awakening. You collectively all pay a giant sum. You personally pay a one person sized slice of that sum. Then when you go to the hospital you use a one person size slice of that giant sum. That is not a different cost than going to the hospital and paying a one person size slice to them

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