We’re also the only country in the developed world without socialized medicine.
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On top of that Americans pay more healthcare related income taxes than anyone else! Those could well be used to cover the expenses of a socialized system. It's absolutely amazing that people think they don't need it.
the US actually pays about double at $9K per capita.Most of the rest of the cdeveloped countries pay about $3-4K per capita for healthcare.
This sounds way more important than people wearing different clothing than you'd expect reading to children in a library, but you guys know best.
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Just so it's very clear how ridiculous the situation truly is.
The US government pays per capita about double what other developed countries do for healthcare AND Americans still need to pay for private insurance over that, which on average is also more than what other countries spend per capita for the same services...
Even with all that money spent, life expectancy in the USA is closer to some Latin American countries than it is to Canada's and infant mortality is the highest of all Occidental rich countries and is pretty much equal to China's.
The amount of propaganda US citizens are exposed to would make any totalitarian regime in history proud. And then people will go on about how CNN is somehow "left wing".
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We do have socialized medicine. We socialize the research and innovations and give it to corporations and insurance companies for them to have profits.
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Yep, and given my experience talking with other US citizens about universal healthcare, they'll argue how it's some how a bad thing. It's just a reoccurring thing, people seem to be programmed to hate stuff that'd help them.
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Jesus. In so many ways, the USA really is a shithole country, fuck our lives smh.
Our government is corrupt to the core. If you ain't rich, fuck you.
Let's see $1 million medical bills, no health insurance, no paid medical leave, no consumer protection laws, trans genocide attempts, corporations are "people," a minimum wage of $7.25 and much more.
Is it rich for like three people?
They said "rich country", not "a country of rich people".
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Why, you ask?
Because the system is corrupt by design. Politicians rely on legal bribes to stay in power and enrich themselves and the people and corporations who oppose treating workers fairly are the ones with the deepest pockets.
The no vacation nation.
A truly inhuman capitalist nightmare of a country.
Still don't have a decent healthcare system either. So yeah, that tracks.
Still don't require paying a living wage either. So yeah, that tracks.
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The firm I was with about a decade ago or so made a big deal when they rolled out some of their new benefits.
One benefit was parental leave, and they were real proud and happy to offer a whopping TEN DAYS paternal leave for new fathers. Ten lousy days.
And the worst part is they didn't even have to do that much.
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Is the US still considered first world, or has it been recategorize as second world yet?
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In a way the US will always attract immigrants - qualified or not - and they will make up for lost local fertility. So it kinda makes sense the US does not care for its own people
rich ≠ socially and culturally developed ...
My job offers it but I wasn't allowed to take it because I hadn't worked there for a year yet. I was graciously (/s) allowed to put myself negative on PTO, but only one week.
Holy shit one week? How is anyone supposed to recover after something like a C-section? My wife needed nearly a month afterwards to be able to walk normally again...
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Life Pro Tip for Americans: If you can save up for a plane ticket and go to another country. Europe would be my recommendation. It amazes me that there isn't a mass exodus going on in the US. I don't understand why anyone would possibly choose to live there tbh.
Good luck getting visas and residence permits.
I (Danish) am married to an American and it was easier for me to get a US green card, than for her to get a residence permit in Denmark. After living some time in the US we decided to move to Denmark and while it’s great to live here, it was a freaking painstaking process to get her a permit.
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As if “europe” just hands out working visas to americans
Europe isn't a country and it's not always easy to just move to another country. You have to actually be desirable to have in the country to even be considered.
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As a European, I would make 3-4x in my job if I was American. Of course somethings would be more expensive (education, healthcare, housing). Personally I would be better in states. I would still not want my county to change to states, because that inequality is not good for the whole country.
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