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In reply to the discussion: My wife and I were triply-screwed by health care insurance . . . [View all]OwnedByCats
(805 posts)the amount you pay into their national system is tiny in comparison to our premiums here. No deductibles, no copays (except a small one for scripts), everybody covered no matter what, nobody goes bankrupt. Can't pay your share into the system because you're unemployed or make too little? No problem, you're still covered and you won't even have that pesky little script copay. The government there is not paying subsidies to insurance companies. The cost of health care over there can be as low as half what is spent here. Despite the government having price controls, the quality is comparable to here, and a lot of the time, it was better.
The ACA has done some good things, don't get me wrong. But after having lived in a country with a humane health care system, this is still unacceptable. While it's better for some now, it's not better for everyone across the board.
If little ole England can do it, so can we. Everybody just needs to get their heads out of their asses long enough to get it going and stop wasting tax money and invest it back into the citizens by giving them quality healthcare without going broke or having to go without.