I was talking to a colleague about her son studying public health and different countries systems.

She was under the impression that countries like UK, Canada & Australia pay way more for healthcare and it's just not true.

In Australia you can rely on the public health system, but if you want better service you can purchase private health insurance.  When I lived there I would spend less than $2K annually (my partner spent nearly twice as much for the best) and you get tax breaks for private. If you don't have private insurance, you'll be fine, you just won't get as good service.

In the US last year I had $17K deducted from my pay for private insurance. If you don't have private insurance you can go bankrupt.

I don't think Americans realize how much more they're paying for similar or worse service.

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True statement our premiums are insane. 100 👏

Oh... I didn't even get into how deductibles are flipped.  In the US you pay a lot for your initial medical visits, and it goes down as you hit your deductibles... but in Australia it's the opposite.  You pay more after your 12th visit or whatever.

Dang. Yea the plans here are so messed up & still even with full-time jobs employers can refuse to give/help their workers with INS too.