> A question to everyone unhappy paying for their insurance: would you be happier paying 50% income tax, 20% sales tax and not having to ever worry about paying for healthcare?
I hope it’s obvious that this is a false dichotomy.
There are many ways to have affordable health care that don’t involve “50% income tax, 20% sales tax”.
There is very good healthcare in places that don’t have those conditions. It’s not hard to find.
In the US, in most cases, incentives for the insurance companies and the insured are not aligned. Ditto for hospitals and patients. These are two very obvious systemic flaws in the US system that, if addressed in a constructive way, could have a significant impact on healthcare affordability.
It's not a dichotomy. I never said those were the only two choices available, but that's how it is in the UK where I am, so I wondered how US insurance payers would feel about our system.
Higher earners' tax feels painful until you see the mental load, gouging, denied claims from US insurance companies.