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The radical left (thelemmy.club)
submitted 6 months ago by [M] to c/YUROP@feddit.org
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[–] 11 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I watched a documentary about USA and there was a lady who said she didn’t want universal healthcare because she shouldn’t want to pay other people’s healthcare. As a European citizen I couldn’t understand the logic, are everyone in the USA so individual citizens that they only care about themselves, not anyone else?

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Someone pointed out that with the current system of healthcare insurance, you are literally paying for other people's healthcare.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Not even just that. Our taxes still end up paying for health care at rates comparable to countries with universal health care. So they're double paying for other people's health care.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago

    I have had that conversation with Americans on social media. I tried explaining to them paying a private insurance company does actually pay for other peoples healthcare, and that it is not banking money for your own care. They couldn't grasp the idea, and couldn't understand how a single system ( that is government funded ) ends up providing cheaper insurance because there is no profit and everyone pays into it.

    Lack of critical thinking for many Americans.

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