Socialized Healthcare Debate

The cluster focuses on debates about 'free' healthcare, emphasizing that socialized or universal systems are funded by taxes rather than being truly free, with comparisons to private systems like in the US.

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negrit Sep 20, 2019 View on HN

there is no such thing as free healthcare, someone has to pay for it...

nasalgoat Aug 6, 2013 View on HN

You don't have to pay for healthcare is the justification I believe.

adrianN Oct 17, 2019 View on HN

The point of socialized healthcare is that you pay even if you don't need it, so that other people can use it.

lostlogin Sep 10, 2018 View on HN

This sounds like a socialised healcare system by stealth.

gaius Jul 19, 2010 View on HN

There's no such thing as "free" - you mean healthcare paid for by their taxpayers. Who might not be keen on non-contributors showing up and using it...

iso1210 Aug 2, 2020 View on HN

Sounds a better future than your basic healthcare being solely determined by your bank balance. You can always go private in both cases.

mtbcoder Jul 2, 2014 View on HN

You are describing universal health care.

conanbatt Feb 2, 2018 View on HN

That tells you you should give money, not healthcare. Its a very different proposition!

darreninthenet Jan 4, 2023 View on HN

Unless you're in a country with a proper social healthcare system anyway...

nolok Dec 26, 2013 View on HN

He doesn't get free healthcare, he gets socialized healthcare that he pays for with taxes. It's not a gift out of magic, it's a political and economical choice.