Johnny
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I have first hand knowledge of this.
I'm an American living in Japan. Japan has socialized healthcare. It's a very unfair system though.
What happens is if you don't have insurance or if your job doesn't offer insurance you can go to city hall and get insurance. Sound great doesn't it?
Here's the kicker. If your job offers insurance, you have to take it.
Japan taxes their workers a LOT. Trust me, I know. Another unfair thing is there is no refund at the end of the year. In fact I got a bill and had to pay $60. Errrr.
I'm paying all these extra taxes, plus mney is deducted for my insurance. I don't make that much
So now I'm paying my insurance plus other people's insurance.
That extra money could go to savings, groceries, things that my family need.
It's not a fair system.
Now remember, Japan is a much smaller country than the U.S.
Not to mention prices for healthcare precedire are much cheaper here.
There is no way this would work, at the national level in a country as large as the U.S. It just won't work. Maybe the states can try their own thng if the want.
Socialized medicine at the national level in the U.S. is going to fail.
I'm an American living in Japan. Japan has socialized healthcare. It's a very unfair system though.
What happens is if you don't have insurance or if your job doesn't offer insurance you can go to city hall and get insurance. Sound great doesn't it?
Here's the kicker. If your job offers insurance, you have to take it.
Japan taxes their workers a LOT. Trust me, I know. Another unfair thing is there is no refund at the end of the year. In fact I got a bill and had to pay $60. Errrr.
I'm paying all these extra taxes, plus mney is deducted for my insurance. I don't make that much
So now I'm paying my insurance plus other people's insurance.
That extra money could go to savings, groceries, things that my family need.
It's not a fair system.
Now remember, Japan is a much smaller country than the U.S.
Not to mention prices for healthcare precedire are much cheaper here.
There is no way this would work, at the national level in a country as large as the U.S. It just won't work. Maybe the states can try their own thng if the want.
Socialized medicine at the national level in the U.S. is going to fail.