all of europe has free healthcare, following 2 different models. germany for example has the bismark model which means u pay for a cheap subsidized mandatory health insurance but get free healthcare in return. in denmark u just pay taxes and get a doctor and hospital assigned which u are free to change.
in US u pay 1000$ just for the ambulance car to come
sure u can do that. insurances and governments are more powerful, and have more levarage in negotiating the price. you can always have unregulated capitalism as in the US where hospitals charge u an arbitrary amount, and medicine can cost 10 times more than in europe.
one thing that u miss out is that as a young person you get a constant amount of income and have low medical bills. so you might think "why do i even have to pay for medical insurance" but in the end you are subsidizing the medical bills for old people who dont get an income. i assume you one day wish to become old as well hence i think you would not object when your old to have young people subsidize your medical bills to allow you afford to survive.
social democracy is not socialism. its just regulated capitalism. thats one thing a lot of americans get wrong. living in europe, you probably know that its not like living in venezuela.
social democracy regulates capitalism, disallowing corporations to fire people, buy over competition, or pay low salaries. in a social democracy you have safety nets like free education, free healthcare and unemployment/retirement benefits. taxes are higher but salary is also even higher. here is social democracy advocate from US bernie sanders talking to a danish politician about SD
^^ remember im in denmark... the social democracy bernie sanders aims for ^^ and i like it very much here. so its not hard for me to keep believing.
also the german SPD is not a good example of social democracy for germany as they behave and follow very much the conservative CDU, so u might have to think of "die linke" to think of a political party that reflects best social democracy that you know.
all of europe has free healthcare, following 2 different models. germany for example has the bismark model which means u pay for a cheap subsidized mandatory health insurance but get free healthcare in return. in denmark u just pay taxes and get a doctor and hospital assigned which u are free to change.
in US u pay 1000$ just for the ambulance car to come
it's long ago that it was like bismark made it..
why can't I just go to the doctor I like and pay him directly?
sure u can do that. insurances and governments are more powerful, and have more levarage in negotiating the price. you can always have unregulated capitalism as in the US where hospitals charge u an arbitrary amount, and medicine can cost 10 times more than in europe.
one thing that u miss out is that as a young person you get a constant amount of income and have low medical bills. so you might think "why do i even have to pay for medical insurance" but in the end you are subsidizing the medical bills for old people who dont get an income. i assume you one day wish to become old as well hence i think you would not object when your old to have young people subsidize your medical bills to allow you afford to survive.
social democracy is not socialism. its just regulated capitalism. thats one thing a lot of americans get wrong. living in europe, you probably know that its not like living in venezuela.
regulated capitalism is not capitalism, it's corporatism
venezuela was a great country until socialism..
social democracy regulates capitalism, disallowing corporations to fire people, buy over competition, or pay low salaries. in a social democracy you have safety nets like free education, free healthcare and unemployment/retirement benefits. taxes are higher but salary is also even higher. here is social democracy advocate from US bernie sanders talking to a danish politician about SD
keeeeeep believing
^^ remember im in denmark... the social democracy bernie sanders aims for ^^ and i like it very much here. so its not hard for me to keep believing.
also the german SPD is not a good example of social democracy for germany as they behave and follow very much the conservative CDU, so u might have to think of "die linke" to think of a political party that reflects best social democracy that you know.