I was telling my dad that in most of the world you don't have to pay for healthcare OR school and in some cases pension and my older brother immediately runs out (American Nationalist has entered the chat) and starts bleating about how none of that is true
This directly contradicts my experience with people I've known from the EU who paid fuck all for braces, healthcare, school, etc but he will always say "I know people from there" (which I'm assuming is a bunch of right wing shitheels from 4chan with a boner for the USA and unironic Ukrainians) but I get the feeling he is full of shit
he always tells me "mental health is cheap/free in the USA" when he bludgeons me with that and this also directly contradicts my experience of being told that my dads insurance only covers 4 sessions of therapy and that the copay will be $225 dollars an hour when I was 12
what the hell is the truth lmao
The EU is not homogeneous. Precisely what is covered under health care varies from nation to nation. In Canada, life-saving medical procedures and doctor's visits are free, but medications, dental, and vision are not. The EU is a similar mixed bag, with some nations gradually privatizing their health care systems. You can probably dig up someone from anywhere who'll come with a story about how their state-provided health care failed at some point.
You can't construct a worldview dependant entirely on anecdotes.