Comparing Italy

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"Doug Freyburger" ha scritto nel messaggio


Show me one country in the world where they have a 50% tax to pay for health
care.

Italy's health insurance tax is 7.5%

[N33bCake]

On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:09:29 -0500, Janet Wilder
wrote:


You have a wonderful sense of humor! That was a great laugh!

[Jives]

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"graham" wrote:


There is no competition. Each state allows in who it wants. In Nevada,
we have *one* choice which is BCBS. I suppose you can buy BCBS from an
independent broker, but you end up with BCBS period.
On another note, I've watched med insurance skyrocket from $350 per
month for two of us to $770 per month for just me in twelve years.
Why would a person want competitive rates? They reduce insurance costs.
Why would a person want tort reform? Although tort settlements are small
compared to medical cost in general, tort threat to the medical industry
has skyrocketed the premiums that doctors and hospitals pay. Seriously.
Doctors pay more in insurance premiums than many of us made in our best
year. Deity knows what hospitals pay.
Where does it all go? We have been paying for people without insurance
for a long time in insurance premiums and income tax. The cost is hidden.
The current health plan is not the solution. But I'm not political

leo

[emilyjwhitworth]

sf wrote:

The bulk of the people who choose to not get health insurance are the
young and healthy who made the decision to put those funds towards other
uses. This is well documented.

[schyler.garris]

sf wrote:

And no different tax rates. I've long been a proponent of a flat rate
tax as the only fair and constitutional (equal under the law) tax
structure. There are a lot of people paying a lower percentage of their
income in taxes that I do, and a lot paying a higher percentage and that
simply isn't fair.

[mishoS]

"sf" wrote in message
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You should make sure you clearly state that in your "Advanced Care
Directive" in California.

Kent

[Robert Fitz]

"Giusi" wrote in
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Everybody but the US has universal healthcare.

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"Pete C." wrote in
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Now that argument is fallacious because it implies that money
given by the US goes directly to support "socialized" health care
systems, whereas it doesn't. The US is notorious in agreeing
only to strictly tied aid and I'm going to go out on a limb here
(not very far mind you) and suggest that health care of any sort
is not even on the radar. Most aid given in the past was for
military upgrades or infrastructure programs such as roads for
the military to roll on. Of course, most countries with a viable
health care system can afford these, and conversely the US can no
longer afford much in the way of aid, so the point is moot.

Canada does not now receive, nor had it ever received any aid
from the US and yet has a perfectly viable healthcare system. So
do Sweden, Norway and Denmark, and France. So who exactly were
you talking about? Lower Slobbovia?

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[sreeji]

Giusi wrote:

IF this means that living in Italy is better

If Italy were your home instead of The United States you would...
spend 60.84% less money on health care
Per capita public and private health expenditures combined in Italy are
$2,631 USD while The United States spends $6,719 USD


THEN living in Russia is even better than Italy

If Russia were your home instead of Italy you would...
spend 73.47% less money on health care
Per capita public and private health expenditures combined in Russia are
$698 USD while Italy spends $2,631 USD


BUT living in Burma is even better than Russia.

NO WONDER Burma is the immigration capitol of the world.

If Burma were your home instead of Russia you would...
spend 96.56% less money on health care
Per capita public and private health expenditures combined in Burma are $24
USD while Russia spends $698 USD


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On Apr 9, 5:45?am, Boron Elgar wrote:

These percentages don't give you a sense of what it's like to live in
these places. Remember:

In Germany everything is forbidden unless it is specifically allowed.
In France, everything is allowed unless it is specifically forbidden.
In Italy, everything that is forbidden is allowed.