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[-] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Exactly if it comes out of tax technically it isn't free but at the same time you also don't really notice it.

Saying that you pay for health care through taxes it's a bit like saying that you pay to walk down the street through taxes, technically of course you do pay to walk down the street through taxes, but it is such a bizarre thing to say.

[-] myplacedk@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

That's actually a really good analogy. Most people would accept that going for a walk is free, and that tax money (in most cases) paid the path.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 11 hours ago

In the UK everyone would say that healthcare is free. Obviously it isn't but it's not like you get a breakdown on your taxes so you don't really notice the fact that you're paying for it.

Even the belligerent idiots that try and move us over to a US style insurance system don't really articulate that healthcare costs money. It's such an abstract concert here.

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