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Originally Posted by MrSelfDestruct
I'm quite happy paying twice as much for my preferred insurance plan, seeing as the doctor assigned to me when my expenses were paid for by Social Security disability benefits had obviously learned English fairly recently, and had an office in an area that I would like to avoid even driving through after dark.
I'm quite happy with my current physician, who takes as much time as necessary to talk to me about whatever the current problem is, and whose office is less than 10 minutes from my house.
I've made up my mind on the issue of socialized versus private healthcare.
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Well I'm happy for you. You had a choice and you're happy with it. Same thing here in Sweden. You can use the doctors at your local hospital and not pay anything for it. (Well that's not totally true, for my last surgery I paid 150 Swedish crowns, which would be around 20 dollars.) However you also have the choice of going to a private doctor if that makes you feel better and you can afford it.
Thing is, socialized wellfare in Sweden works. I'm not saying it's a perfect system or anything, but it seems to me a lot of people here disregard it just because they think socialized means Russia och Cuba. It does not necessarily do that, and certainly not in this case.
I don't mind paying higher taxes when I get free (And good) healthcare for it, but I also understand that other people might not share my opinion and I respect that.