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

  • Koa_lala [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    in most of the world you don’t have to pay for healthcare OR school and in some cases pension

    In my country, you are required to have health insurance. The insurance companies are privately owned. iirc. Depending on income, your health insurance costs are subsidized. I pay my insurance around 160 euros a month and I get a subsidy of 112 euros. We don't pay at the doctor's office or hospital, but up until 315 euros a year we have to pay out of pocket. Dental care is fully privatized.

    Student loans used to be forgiven once you graduated, now it's just a low interest loan from the government that you have to pay off.

    Pensions are paid from your income.

    Bernie is talking like Europe is some healthcare utopia, but it really is more nuanced than that. Sure, our system is more affordable, definitely.