Started by #604890 at 23,Mar,20 07:32
 | In our country Healthcare is free.. What about your country? |
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The OECD definition means that the US is at number 4 for the poverty rates by Nation, and Cuba doesn't even make the top 10. It all depends what you mean by "the poverty line", I guess.
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We must pay for insurance. But then the insurance takes all the Costs.
Is your insurance package tailored for you or does everyone have the same plan? Does everyone pay the same price? And you have absolutely no out of pocket expenses associated with hospital stays? Do you pay for monthly medications?
German Taxpayers, whether Roman Catholic, Protestant or members of other tax-collecting communities, pay an amount equal to between 8% (in Bavaria and Baden-Wьrttemberg) and 9% (in the rest of the country) of their income tax to the church or other community to which they belong.
For example, a single person earning Ђ50,000 may pay an average income-tax of 20%, thus Ђ10,000. The church tax is then an additional 8% (or 9%) of that Ђ10,000 (Ђ800 or Ђ900) for a total of Ђ10,800 or Ђ10,900 in taxes.
As a confirmed atheist (and non-German) I guess I don't need to worry too much
Also, I believe that the church tax is not mandatory. A person can opt out, yes? What happens if they do? My guess is that those who pay the tax don't receive a membership card like they would issue for Sam's Club, Costco, BJ's, etc. So........?????
Church tax is optional, anyone can opt out with a sworn affidavit. But donґt celebrate being rich: church tax is deducted from your income before tax assessment, so if you leave the church your contribution counts as extra taxable income for the state
I left the church, so canґt be buried in a church graveyard or married in a church service, not that I want either
answer.) Not very much
If he then gets taxed at 20% on that 43,500, he will pay 8,700 Income Tax.
9% of that 8,700 is a further 783 Euros, Church Tax.
50,000 minus 15,983 (6,500 plus 8,700 plus 783) gives him net income of 34,127.
I "think" that's right. And for that I am assuming (not being German) that pays for ALL services provided by the German Government, INCLUDING that chimeric "free" healthcare. Good deal?
"Health insurance in Germany costs a little over 13% deduction per month from income BEFORE tax"
AND the Church Tax is a percentage of Income Tax paid, NOT Income.
I may have it totally wrong, of course!
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Gross salary of 50,000 Euros gives a net salary (after all deductions) of 34,474 Euros.
Emergency rooms in the USA-Open for all, by law. Even illegal immigrants can use them and get treated there, even if they have no health insurance and no money. Do they pay their bills once they get billed for the services given to them there? Do they? That's a question best answered by someone in the billing department in an American hospital.
Senior citizens/the aged old-There are some plans out there that are good plans that protect your hard-earned savings money. One is through a combination of Medicare and Blue Cross/Blue Shield. You pay up to a certain amount each year starting on January 1st (if you use something medical like if you go to Urgent Care or something-you pay the bills they send you up to a certain amount but it's a low amount you're obligated to pay) but it isn't a very big amount, then after that, the insurance company pays all the rest throughout the whole year...but it doesn't end there and it isn't quite that good and simple...then on top of that they take 200 dollars out of your check every month for that coverage but it is excellent coverage though...you run up a huge gigantic bill getting an operation, they cover it. You need home care and need nurses coming over to your house every day, they cover it. Etc.. Some senior citizens have a pension check coming in every month plus a social security check coming in every month too, so they can handle and cope with 200 dollars taken out of their check every month for that good, full coverage.
Younger working people...many, many different insurance companies to pick from...also Google so-called "Obamacare" and Gooogle the Affordable Care Act.
Remember, you'd want optical and dental coverage too, not just hospital and clinic visits covered.
The physically and mentally disabled on forms of social security that are different from senior citizens...they get free health care through Medicare and Medicade. I think they might have to pay small amounts out-of-pocket for their prescription drugs though, in some cases. But some pharmacies help with that and cut down the costs, some. Not all prescriptions are for drugs, some are for Vitamin D or Iron.
There was a type of insurance some were on called "COBRA" but I know nothing about it. A name like that sticks in your mind.
Am I wrong when I say I thought I heard Bernie Sanders wanted to give Medicare to all Americans and he'd get the money to fund that from taxing the billionaires and multi-millionaires?
Dental...some poor Americans get their dental work done at dental schools. Reminds me of poor people who get their hair cut at a beauty school to save money.
In some dental offices/clinics dentists and oral surgeons who accept Medicade are excellent, skilled, brilliant dentists, first class and top-notch, who do things right. In some clinics who accept Medicare or Medicade, there are dental hygienists who are pure utter shit and should be shut down, fired, and banned. So things greatly vary depending on who you go to.
And of course there's no such thing as "free"...the money has to come from somewhere.
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I forgot to mention a free place people in the USA can get eyeglasses other than through Medicare and Medicade...it's through The Lion's Club. I know it's either The Eagle's Club or The Lion's club and I think it's The Lion's Club. People donate their eyeglasses there and you can go in there and go through the bin, trying on the glasses until you come across a pair that make you see perfectly. Well as far as I know, there is no charge for those glasses.
Hospitals and doctors get paid by the provincial government. If I see a specialist, it's "free" but it has to be set up through my doctor. I choose who my family doctor is.
Hospitals are non profit so if I am sick I can go to any one.
Having said all that, I'm very thankful that I have never spent a night in the hospital since my birth. VERY thankful.
The big ticket items are taken care of through the higher taxes I pay as a Canadian but I can assure you I'd rather pay higher taxes and make sure that everyone in the country is covered by healthcare and no one has to sell their home because they have COVID-19 or some other medical emergency.
I have heard it was recently cleaned up and is in better shape. My uncle served in Nam and he goes to a regular doctor for better care.
If someone served in The National Guard or The Coast Guard are they also considered a veteran?
Oh, and a question for you...in order to get vet benefits when going to the hospital, do you HAVE to go to a VA hospital or can the benefits be applied to regular hospitals or clinics?
Here's a good example of crap that shouldn't exist in the first place...have a scroll-down if you care to, and read the reviews of Western Dental in Berkeley, California. An example of a place so bad it should be shut down.
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This article explains some of the intricacies better than I can, but one quote from it that jumps out to me is:
"Healthcare is like education: everybody needs it, regardless of their budget, but it’s expensive. That’s why all advanced economies, except the United States, fund it through taxation."
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