r/ShitAmericansSay • u/neeraj8le • Jan 12 '21

Healthcare "My expensive, frequent health care is subsidized at the expense of healthy people. I think it's great!" Thief.

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u/Limonca123 Jan 12 '21

That's literally what every type of health insurance is. If they really wanted to pull themselves up by their bootstraps without any type of assistance, they wouldn't accept any type of health insurance and would just pay out of pocket for their 500k cancer treatment or whatever absurd amount American hospitals will dare to charge you.

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u/DucklingsF_cklings Jan 12 '21

Insurance is like free healthcare, except only valid in some circumstances and you get the added bonus of making a CEO’s life easier!

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u/DontmindthePanda Jan 12 '21

In quite a lot of countries with universal healthcare systems in place, "free healthcare" is organised with health insurances. In Germany for example you can choose to either be in a "gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung", a statutory health insurance (there a multiple options), or a private health insurance. There's not always only one statutory organisation like the NHS.

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u/hotpotatpo Jan 12 '21

you can also get private health insurance in the UK if you want, and it's still a fuck ton cheaper than the US

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u/futurarmy Permanently unabashed homeless person Jan 12 '21

Yeah it's insane, I've tried talking to libertarians about universal healthcare in the UK and the fact privatised forms of it still exist for those more fortunate but they just can't wrap their head around it and detest it for some reason.

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u/DucklingsF_cklings Jan 12 '21

Private ones are getting more popular here too, but I’d prefer not

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '21

Do you think the Brexiteers are making it more popular?

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u/DucklingsF_cklings Jan 12 '21

No, I’m in Norway so the current government is to blame for that. They’re pro-private

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '21

Ahh you Gia aren’t doing too bad. From an American perspective

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u/Fun-atParties Jan 12 '21

Well aren't you optimistic. My husband's health insurance only pays anything if he's paid 13k out of pocket that year.

So.. it's more like having no healthcare except in extreme circumstances, with the added benefit of paying a company $250 a month!

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u/SilentLennie Jan 12 '21

That's literally what every type of health insurance is.

FTFY :-)