Costa Rica is a beautiful country. But it is in no way “first world”.
It has no military, and is effectively dependent of the US and in best cases neighboring countries. It has excellent weather and soil which account for its fruits exports… and outside of some niche industry, is mostly reliant on tourism which means importing money.
I love that country and have been many times. But if it were god forbid wiped off the face of the earth, it would be sad and annoying at best.
Costa Rica has “free healthcare” / healcare from taxes because it has 5 million people, about 1/2 of New Jersey.
This isn’t some mechanism that the US just refuses to use. It’s a matter of scale. You either don’t know and should remain silent on the topic, or do know it and lack the honor to not state it.
Costa Rica purposefully got rid of its military so it could provide services. It didn’t feel a need to fund three unnecessary wars in two years.
Guess which other country has universal healthcare - China. They are just slightly more populous than the US.
> This isn’t some mechanism that the US just refuses to use. It’s a matter of scale. You either don’t know and should remain silent on the topic, or do know it and lack the honor to not state it.
China does have a military…
Maybe you should take your own advice. Every other country in the world seems to have figured this out.
Please stop spreading lies and propaganda. China does not have "universal healthcare" in any meaningful sense. They may claim to have it, but it's not something that poor people can actually access for expensive treatments. Patients have to pay out of pocket for most services.
So let’s talk about Canada, Great Britain, every country in the EU…
Is that Canada and Britain that the have an ever persisting complaint that the delays are absurd? Among the specific points that…
With Canada now ending the life of 100k citizens a year making their MAID program now the leading cause of death in the country out ranking cancer and heart disease? How strange that in Canada you can deduct health expenses on your taxes… what a strange thing for a place with free healthcare?
And in Britain you mean the scandal-free and extremely popular NHS? I guess you have a great point there because it’s not their elite would immediately come to the US for care.
The grass is not greener. This is a bad system made worse and worse by heavy handed government “helping”. Healthcare in the US only got worse after ACA.
You know that before the ACA, there were lifetime maximums and if you couldn’t get treatment you would probably die?
And all of those people with pre existing conditions didn’t have just “delays” getting healthcare they didn’t get it all.
So sure insurance is great in America for you if as your handle suggests you work in tech in SV.
I don’t have a dog in this fight. I’ve got an exit plan if I have to get insurance before I’m 65 amd may just retire here even after 65
> With Canada now ending the life of 100k citizens a year making their MAID program now the leading cause of death in the country out ranking cancer and heart disease
Nope. Total MAID deaths (since 2016) is expected to reach about 100k in mid-2026. Most of them elderly people with a terminal cancer diagnosis.