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In reply to the discussion: What Form Should US Healthcare Take? [View all]Prophet 451
(9,796 posts)Here, the NHS covers everyone for everything and most people pay a tax rate of about 22% and a National Insurance contribution which has an incredibly complicated system but let's say an additional 5%. So 27% for most people (the rich pay up to 45%) and you get full cover for everything.
That includes vision and dental. I'm wearing NHS glasses as I type this. You get free lenses and a selection of simple frames for free. If you want fancy, designer name frames, you pay for them yourself but my black wireframes are free. Dental is also covered. I have a cavity right now but that's because I keep forgetting to make an appointment to get it filled (my meds screw up my memory), not because of cost.
The difference is that here, we don't have such a colossal military so we aren't paying taxes to support that.