• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Well, not free…. Taxes and all that. But free at the time of service, sure.

    E: not sure what triggered the downvote train. Nothing I said is untrue. It’s not free, it’s paid for with taxes. It’s not a dig against socialized care, I’d much prefer to have that vs the financial disaster that US healthcare is.

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      1 year ago

      Well Americans also pay for medical expenses in taxes as well as at time of service, we get double charged.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, you are right. In Germany we pay pay around 15% of our montlhy income for it. I too would not want to trade it in any way, but yeah, you pay for it.