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Never seen a bill? Really? So you never, ever paid into it? Strange how your experience is different than others in Norway.
"In Norway on an average income we pay around 28-32%. All food items are taxed 14% except essentials and all other items are taxed 25%. 80% of petrol price is tax. Our taxes are so high because the government ‘health’ taxes us – the more you earn the more ‘health tax’ you pay no matter how healthy you are. I think a lot of Norwegians would just prefer to pay the US$500 a month rather than the extra ‘health’ tax, it would be a lot cheaper."
"Norway is one of the most heavily taxed countries in the world with a total tax burden of roughly 45% of GDP– almost 4x Hong Kong and nearly twice the US. VAT here is a whopping 25%. Personal income tax rates border 55%. Corporate profits tax ranges from 28% to as high as 78%."
But it's free, right?
Right on. No its not free. People are frickin naive to think anyone company is just going to give you stuff/service for free.
Seems many on this forum dont understand economics or givernments.
I got electricity going through my heart, from my left arm and out the right arm, 3 years back.
Called my doctor, 10 min later I took an EKG at his office, 30 min later I was at the ER for a full check up and spent the night in the heart ward.
Was checked in the morning, everything was OK. Walked down the stairs and said bye to the personal at the entrance and walked out.
Never seen a bill.
Thats healthcare in Norway.
You pay taxes. There is no free lunch. My wife has had 400k worth of medical care in the last six months. Yes I got stuck with 10k but I can buy a six pack of beer for six bucks.
Insurance and Hospitals are for profit, fact.
Get over it. The fix is not going to happen any time soon for people wanting free healthcare..
But, ovarian cysts are extremely painful. Some say it can be similar to colitis or appendicitis pain. Its best to go to ER unless you are so positive what it is and your PCM can see you and drain them. Pain meds work, but not every one has morphine or Oxy on hand, contrary to popular belief.
Most US hospitals qualify for a Not for Prifit status and generally do not pay Federal, State of Municipal taxes.
Being a NFP, does not mean a hospital cannot profit. Some earn $ hundreds of million in profit, each year. What they can't do is use those profits to pay dividends.
Instead, profits are used to repair/ replace stuff, expand, pay for research, community outreach and more.
Maybe companies can follow the TRICARE/Military pay route. Pay you very low for your services and then provide, if you survive to retirement, low cost health insurance for life.
Joke about it, laugh about it, but, it is real. The bean counters know a extremely low percentage of people will stay with the military and retire. But, you are still paying them nothing for the potential life threatening situations some endure daily. Hell, you write a will at 17, think about it.
So, instead of a figure job at Mccorporation, take it down to 25% of that and stick it out with said corporation for 20 to 30 years, and get McHealth for life with very very low rates and co pays. See how companies will look at this.
Do you realize that at age 65 Medicare by law becomes your primary insurance? Doesn't sound like it
You pay taxes. There is no free lunch. My wife has had 400k worth of medical care in the last six months. Yes I got stuck with 10k but I can buy a six pack of beer for six bucks.
You can buy a lot of beer for that in Europe, even in Norway.
Do you realize that at age 65 Medicare by law becomes your primary insurance? Doesn't sound like it
Yes I do. Whats the cost compared to normal insurance... But, dont think my Tricare isnt part of Medicare.
Yep, I am automatically enrolled. I pay 134 a month. My total deductibles are less than 200 a year, and anything over cost goes to, drumroll, TRICARE.
Pretty good deal if you ask me.
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