Comment by vidarh
9 days ago
Nothing stops you from getting private healthcare here and still end up paying a fraction of the average per capita cost for Americans - the NHS costs about the same per capita as Medicare + Medicaid, and private health insurance is overall cheaper in the UK, because they "fall back" on using the NHS as a first line.
So now he has to pay for the incompetent NHS and healthcare that actually works?
Just like in the US, where the taxes per capita to pay for Medicare and Medicaid are about the same as for the NHS. Only in the UK this actually provides for universal healthcare, and is far from incompetent.
The irony of you replying like this to a comment that replied to an American is stark, as unlike in the US, in the UK the care you get if you opt to go without private care is very viable, and private insurance costs far less than in the US.
If anyone should be upset over paying twice, it should be Americans.