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I’m not a fan of socialism I think it’s crazy I’d spend money on helping someone else when GoFundMe exists.
I think you're missing a /s at the end of this.
Otherwise, people might think you're serious and not just making a joke about how we have crowdfunding for stuff which is just a version of spending money on helping someone else.
To me, that is just an insane take.
Other people are also spending their money to help you. The more you earn the more you contribute.
I like the fact that I can go to my GP whenever I need to, without paying anything. I like that I can buy my medicine without getting ruined. Once your yearly medical bill have reached $200 you get 50 % discount, once you hit $300 it's 75% discount and once you've paid more than about $700, the medicine is free for the rest of the year.
I like the fact that I know people I meet can get the help they need, if they need it. Homeless people can get a place to live, addicts can get free treatment, people with mental issues can get help at a Psychiatric Hospital for free.
Education is free.
American doctors would never work for free though.
Doctors are one of the best paid professions in Denmark.
So how is healthcare free?
You’re not being serious, right?
I have a yearly income of about $120,000 (after about 4 years experience).
So $9900 a month in income, of that I pay $3600 to taxes. Out of the 3600, ~~$60~~ $580 goes to healthcare each month.
If you make $120.00 a year how do you afford $43,200.00 in taxes?
Am I missing a 0 somewhere or do you?
I earn $120,000 a year
There’s a hundred cents to the dollar so I don’t understand why you’re using three decimal places of precision.
Oh I am sorry! I mixed the Danish and US way number formatting. 120,000!
Oh that makes more sense now so you pay the doctor 60,000 a month?
$720 per year
And that’s a well paying job?
$120k in income is a bit above average.
You’re making great money don’t get me wrong I’m talking about the doctor that’s making $720.00 a year.
Oh haha... I haven't had my morning coffee yet. It's 7 am here.
There are about 3 million people paying taxes in Denmark and there is 37,576 doctors in Denmark.
But sorry, my numbers were a bit wrong. On average a tax payer in Denmark pay about $450 per month to healthcare via taxes.
That’s $431,126.25 per doctor so not too bad.
Streamlined industry, no bloated insurance midde-man and socialism.
Who pays the doctors?
The people
But that means it’s not free.
It’s free at point of sale. You don’t go bankrupt when you get sick. And if you need a heart transplant, you pay the same amount as if you didn’t need the doctor. It’s not based on how much medicine you receive.
But it ends up cheaper for everyone, except the hypotetical person who was never sick his entire life and also never paid for insurance his entire life.
They're as free as the roads you drive on. Taxes are used to pay for it so everybody can use it.
I don’t want to drive on doctors.
Buddy, if your tax money is funding your trains and bus services, that's going to save your money too
What about people that can't afford an internet connection, are computer illiterate, or simply don't have the time or resources to wrangle something like that?
Also, there are economies at scale when it comes to charity. For example, consider a humble soup kitchen. Helping people en-masse is a far better way to support the needy than one-off fundraisers.