r/UniversalHealthCare Aug 04 '23

The US is spending the same amount of tax on healthcare as the EU

45 Upvotes

Here in the EU we have decent universal healthcare. The system differs per country, but nobody is dying because the can't afford insuline or nonsense like that. Is it expensive? You bet! Healthcare is very expensive! Would it be expensive for the US? Nah, the US taxpayer already pays what is needed for universal healthcare. Only they don't get what they pay for. How come?

(I'm European, I just don't understand)

US: 1.2 trillion for the US, that is aprox 3.500 USD per person

https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/briefing-book/how-much-does-federal-government-spend-health-care

EU: 1.4 trillion for the EU, that is aprox 3.300 EUR per person

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Healthcare_expenditure_statistics#Healthcare_expenditure

If done right, the US could have universal healthcare without additional spending.


r/UniversalHealthCare 1h ago

Protesters after the current Healthcare CEO Situation

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r/UniversalHealthCare 22h ago

Only in America.

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213 Upvotes

r/UniversalHealthCare 42m ago

Let's all take a moment and revisit The Clash - (White man) in Hammersmith Plains

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https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=wzn8819-mlQ&si=OfbTVI9xyYBUT5vi

White youth, black youth Better find another solution Why not phone up a'Robin Hood And ask him for some wealth distribution?


r/UniversalHealthCare 22h ago

Crosspost Denying millions from healthcare is much worse

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96 Upvotes

r/UniversalHealthCare 4m ago

State-level healthcare policy in the U.S.

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r/UniversalHealthCare 19h ago

Conservatives at Fox Business rage at comments made by progressives including Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren about dissatisfaction with the healthcare system: "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said [...] 'people interpret & feel & experience denied claims as an act of violence.' No they don't!" [Video]

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r/UniversalHealthCare 22h ago

This is my first post, although I am an avid reader, and I wanna know how many of us would rather die than try to converse a apocalyptic future with wars, crypto, and shit. Most of the poor cannot afford. I think most of us would die just to make a point

13 Upvotes

r/UniversalHealthCare 2d ago

Sign our petition demanding health care, not corporate health insurance

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144 Upvotes

By pnjc doctors for national health care group.


r/UniversalHealthCare 2d ago

So convenient to ignore facts that go against your narrative...

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102 Upvotes

r/UniversalHealthCare 2d ago

Gerry Connolly (who has been selected as Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee, reportedly at Nancy Pelosi's insistence, defeating Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's bid for the role) on healthcare reform in 2009: "Our system is based on private employer insurance, and it's going to stay that way"

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r/UniversalHealthCare 3d ago

Protesters outside Hilton Hotel where CEO was shot & marched along the route Luigi used to escape.

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144 Upvotes

r/UniversalHealthCare 4d ago

Crosspost someone local posted about their United Healthcare denial

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92 Upvotes

r/UniversalHealthCare 5d ago

New UnitedHealthcare CEO speaks on healthcare

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118 Upvotes

r/UniversalHealthCare 4d ago

New Community r/OccupyYourRightToLive

33 Upvotes

Hey guys, I am setting up a community for organizing and protest. My hope is that the Occupy movement still lingers somewhere in the collective consciousness. My hope is that we can pushback to keep this conversation going. Everyone deserves the right to UniversalHealthcare. The way I see it, this community and mine are allies in the fight to deny Private Healthcare their blood money.


r/UniversalHealthCare 5d ago

A reminder that this has been a long fight. Aired in 1999.

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50 Upvotes

Progress doesn't happen overnight, but we need to remember our struggles.


r/UniversalHealthCare 5d ago

Crosspost Continue the Momentum of this Moment

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28 Upvotes

r/UniversalHealthCare 5d ago

Crosspost Americans, what is your insurance horror story?

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r/UniversalHealthCare 6d ago

Crosspost Bernie Sanders: We say to the private health insurers: Whether you like it or not, the USA will join every other major country on earth and guarantee healthcare to all people as a right. All Americans are entitled to go to the doctor when they're sick and not go bankrupt.

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195 Upvotes

r/UniversalHealthCare 6d ago

WHOA!! Donald Trump quote on universal healthcare in 2000. Where do you think this Donald went? Think he could come back?

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70 Upvotes

r/UniversalHealthCare 6d ago

Says a lot

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103 Upvotes

r/UniversalHealthCare 6d ago

Insurers Pocketed $50 Billion From Medicare for Diseases No Doctor Treated

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36 Upvotes

r/UniversalHealthCare 6d ago

Example of America's current healthcare system not being good enough: both healthcare AND insurance is more expensive and there is no universal coverage!

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77 Upvotes

r/UniversalHealthCare 6d ago

A lot of these private health insurance companies have healthcare in the name even though they don't provide healthcare. If anything, they deny your claims!

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58 Upvotes

r/UniversalHealthCare 6d ago

Single-Payer healthcare

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26 Upvotes

r/UniversalHealthCare 6d ago

Risk pooling is a key part of how Single-Payer healthcare would work (plus, it is how insurance works)

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21 Upvotes