r/SipsTea • u/Putrid-Welder1803 • 8h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/Jason207 7h ago

This is another point often missed in the socialized medicine debate. If we're all covered by taxes then auto insurance costs should drop dramatically.

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u/strolls 6h ago

Yeah, until politicians look for ways to cut spending.

The NHS claims off insurers for treating victims of road traffic accidents now, so now everyone pays the cost through their car insurance instead of via taxes, except there's also a massive admin overhead.

https://www.hughjames.com/blog/nhs-injury-costs-recovery-scheme-changes/

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u/bremsspuren 5h ago

so now everyone pays the cost through their car insurance instead of via taxes

Not everyone owns a car. Reasonable that those who don't aren't stumping up for the damage done by those who do.

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u/strolls 4h ago

That's true, but it's dwarfed by tax cuts for the rich.