[vidarh]

Consider that Americans tax payers pay about $5k/year on average for Medicare and Medicaid that most of them don't (yet) qualify for before they even starting to pay those private insurances. People in most other countries can pay a lot privately before getting close to what the average American tax payer pays for healthcare.

The point is that it's an option that is available. Most people in Europe just has a base level health coverage that means most of us don't feel it's justified to take up additional cover.

[dagw]

Yea, don't get me wrong. At the end of the day there is no way I would want to trade the Swedish system for the US system, no matter how flawed I find the Swedish system.