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Originally Posted by delphidb96
As for medical, you'd be surprised how many people get government-funded health care as well as employer-paid health insurance. No, it's not total, but the percentage of Americans who don't get some form of free/insurance-covered health care isn't that high.Derek
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Our government spends a ton on healthcare compared to other countries and even with private/employer-provided healthcare out there we still have nowhere near universal coverage. Children are covered, but many working adults are left on their own for that. Plus our private insurance is so expensive it makes it very hard for us to compete globally. However, back to the tax thing: we don't count all that money we pay into our private/employer-provided insurance as taxes. Many also don't count Social Security as taxes when they compare our tax burden to that of our friends in the EU. While they're not taxes, they are money that we're paying out of pocket for things others get from their taxes. Many families pay hundreds a month in premiums out of their paychecks for their employer's healthcare plans, then have to pay a deductible (often a couple thousand a year) and copays. That doesn't even count the employer subsidy for the plan.