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You're still paying for it, but like payroll taxes it comes out of your salary before you even see it which makes people think it's "free".


Sure, and if you live in Canada, you're explicitly paying for healthcare in the form of high taxes.


> Sure, and if you live in Canada, you're explicitly paying for healthcare in the form of high taxes.

You mean, “the United States”, not Canada, right? The US pays more (not just per capita, but as a share of GDP, and thus would need higher taxes to pay for it) out of public funds for healthcare than Canada does. See, e.g., https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/health-...

The US, unlike Canada, also pays a bit more in private funds on healthcare than it does in private funds.


Probably lower than what Americans pay (between 2.9%-3.8% Medicare tax plus insurance premiums). America's healthcare system is really bloated and inefficient compared to developed countries.




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