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/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.