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Originally Posted by Telluride
My copay with my current insurance is $8 for a doctor visit and either $3 or $5 for prescriptions. With my old insurance, my doctor visits cost $25 and prescriptions were $10.
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Well universal systems have no copay, you show them an ID and that's it. And because records are centralized (unlike private systems), you can go to any hospital or clinic you'd like. If you're on vacation and need to see a doctor, you just go see them.
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Originally Posted by Telluride
I thought it was pretty straight forward. My current health coverage costs less than what you assume I'd be paying with socialized health care. So even if money was my sole concern, socialized health care wouldn't be benefiting me.
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You said $3500 a year, I said $3000 a year. So even if we were paying the highest per capita rate among all the universal health care countries, you'd be paying less. Spain's average is about $2100 a year.
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Originally Posted by Telluride
I don't demand that they protect me from self-caused accidents. I demand that they protect me from things like arson.
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You wouldn't call 911 if you came home to see your house on fire but deduced it was because you left the stove on? Doesn't that seem kinda irresponsible? Besides, you can get hurt in circumstances well outside your control.