| There’s a ton missing from your calculations. For example, insurance is a system where some users (healthy ones) subsidize others. Since you’re against that idea, I’m assuming you want people to pay for healthcare ala carte. That adds up to a lot more than 24k a year. Also, let’s look at what that 24k gets you in Swedish healthcare: * Automatic paid sick leave for any duration that your physician orders you not to work. * Capped payments on drugs per year, after which the government pays for you * Cheap visits to generalists or specialists, capped at a low level, after which the government pays. On top of all of that, they have lower infant mortality rates, lower rates of preventable deaths, higher average lifespans, and employ _more_ nurses and physicians per patient despite spending HALF of what we do as a percentage of GDP. The most revealing statistic however, is that Sweden dedicates a lower percentage of government revenue to healthcare than we do. They get much more than the average American citizen while spending much less percentage wise. Free healthcare isn’t free, but it’s sure as hell better than what we have. Sources:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_system#International_...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Sweden |