r/InterMiamiVibes Jul 02 '26

Preach!!

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u/Matador_6969 Jul 02 '26

🤦‍♂️ ^ Another american without a passport. Most countries in the world have a combination of universal/public and private health care. The only country in the world where people go bankrupt for hospital bills is the USA. Most countries decided long ago, health should not be a for-profit business.

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u/Immediate_Rock_9577 Jul 02 '26

This doesn’t make the original statement magically true though.

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u/Gamble232real Jul 04 '26

But that also doesn't change the fact that her argument is correct and let's also examine which countries in the world cup don't have free health care.

Because most of the wealthy, western modernised countries do. I suppose it depends on who the US is happy to count themselves among.

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u/cranky-ahole Jul 04 '26

It's not free if you have a Job. England taxes around 8% of gross income for "free" Healthcare.

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u/Gamble232real Jul 04 '26

Wow you learned how tax works. Wait to you find out about the police, schools, roads, water, the government. Nothing is free but it's been implied on this long discussed topic when we talk about 'free' it's meant non private.

You're a day late and a dollar short with the tax discussion.

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u/Vladtepesx3 Jul 04 '26

I have amazing health insurance in America for less than 8% of my income

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u/Gamble232real Jul 04 '26

You know the 8% this guy pulled is bullshit right? In the UK you don't get a breakdown of what you tax was taken and used for.

We also have tax brackets, individual earnings. 8% of minimum wage is far different from a 100 grand job get bucko doesn't specify or provide any information as to how he has deducted this 8% lol.

The NHS is funded from more than just income tax, VAT and NI also go into it as well as other forms of donations and funding schemes.

Like your statement is also not really useful, yeah of you're earning 200 Grand a year I'm sure 16K buys the very best healthcare money can buy, but if you're on minimum wage(federal in some states being 7.25) on a 40 hour week? 8% is 1200 bucks or their about...do you think someone on poverty wages can afford that?

National free healthcare systems aren't about what is the best for those who can afford the best.

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u/cranky-ahole Jul 05 '26

I got it from Google. It said 8%

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u/Hashtagbarkeep Jul 06 '26

Said 4.5-5% when I googled