• LibreHans@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    It’s hard as one having free (state paid) healthcare in EU

    Your health care is neither free nor “state paid”, you pay for it, the government just takes the money before it ever arrives in your bank account. You should know how much you pay, and how the service compares to a comparable commercial health plan.

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      21 days ago

      Oh for fucks sake, I wrote state paid exactly to prevent this bullshit. Obviously we pay the state through taxes.
      This is such a tired argument, and doesn’t change that single payer or whatever words Americans use to describe what we in Europe merely call healthcare, but healthcare for all is so much cheaper to run, that the money saved easily cover the poor that can’t afford to pay if they had to.

      Your moronic parroting of extreme right wing talking points have zero impact on a reality that is way different from what you try to manipulate people into thinking.

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        21 days ago

        Obviously we pay the state through taxes.

        So… you agree with me, but still attack me?

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          21 days ago

          I attack you for stating the obvious, which seems like an attempt to make it seem like “free” healthcare doesn’t really matter, and cost the same as privatized through private insurance. When in fact it is way cheaper overall.
          In Europe healthcare cost are about half of what they are in USA, and life expectancy is longer, and old age quality of life is higher mostly because of better old age health.

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            21 days ago

            If it’s obvious, why don’t you use correct terms, something like “public health care”? Using correct terms is an extreme right wing talking point? Lol…

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              21 days ago

              Because Americans have so goddam many terms for similar things. Single payer, universal, public, public insurance, private insurance, community based, employer paid. The current system is called “Mixed non-universal”. So I used a description instead. And you knew what I meant.
              BTW how many languages do you speak? It’s pretty low to criticize minor mistakes by someone writing in a 2nd language.
              I write better American than many Americans!!!

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                21 days ago

                So you intentionally say wrong stuff and then attack people as extreme right wing who correct you. Charming. You’re also starting to make excuses, 2nd language, but you still can’t apologize for your shitty behavior.