Why are Americans poisoning themselves?

[Chrkeller]

Farsala said:

Chrkeller said:

For a family, yes.  Take 5k and times by 2, get 10k.  And that 10k is likely max out of pocket, not deductible. 

And my experience with universal was pay a ton in taxes and wait half a year before seeing a doctor.  Not impressed.  

Edit

100k earner in the US takes home 79k.  In the UK 72k.  Germany 62k...  guess what, I just paid for my healthcare max out of pocket.  

*rough numbers because it depends on credits, deductions, source of income, etc.  Obviously various from person to person.  

Point being, nothing is free.  It is being paid for, just different routes.  And the largest point, for the US, is healthcare will continue to raise in costs as people continue to be unhealthy.  Health needs to be part of healthcare.

Disposable Income by Country 2026

It was sadly 10k deductible per person per year. Maybe it has improved in the past 15 years, but I haven't been back enough to check in the past 7 years.

I honestly question accuracy, that is way, way, way, way above average.  

Average deductible today is $1800 per person.  20 years ago the average was $600..  9k deductible per person, honestly man, makes no sense.  Not saying it is impossible, but that is orders of magnitude above average.