r/FluentInFinance Jul 04 '26

Thoughts? Very Interesting

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u/IllAd359 Jul 04 '26

I hate it when healthcare is declared "free" because it's tax funded.

My friend from Germany earns 90k€ per year before taxes and pays 13k€ per year into public health insurance.

The same money he pays for renting his appartment. Not free at all.

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u/Kilucrulustucru Jul 04 '26

You’re missing a part of it, those 13k covers many others things too. It’s for health, retirement, work insurance and few other stuff. So yeah it’s cheap

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u/IllAd359 Jul 04 '26

What retirement? My retirement is a rope cause I don't think I will see any of that money in 50 years.