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Originally Posted by Livgivare  And what is more beautiful with Sweden is that we have a rule saying that the least expensive drug has to be the one that the person get at the drugstore. If you deside to have the original more expensive one you have to pay the "between-prize"...It is totally un-idealistic and true. Non of the political parties in Sweden would dare to say no to this. And even the party that is most alike the ones in USA is pro this system. |
I'm not quite sure what point you're trying to make here. In the US, insurance companies will typically only cover the cost of generic medication if it's available. If you want a brand name version you pay for it yourself. Sounds to me like you have the same thing.
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Originally Posted by Livgivare I guess that USA problem is that all government and health care system is ruled by lobbyist from the companies who will benefit most from not having the system we have in Sweden. And by the way among 25 developed rich countries USA is the only one who do not think like Sweden does and say it is a human right to give health care to the people in the way that everyone gets it. |
I think if the US didn't spend (read: waste) so much money on its military, we would be able to spend it on government sponsored healthcare. However, I wouldn't support increases in taxes to achieve this. One of the reasons I'd never want to live in Europe is the insane taxes.
Let's take Sweden for instance. The corporate income tax is 28%, personal income tax goes up to 55% (topped only by Belgium according to
this data), VAT goes up to 25%. The US has 15-35% corporate income tax, personal income tax goes up to about 35%, and sales tax in NJ (the analog of VAT) is 7%. That was just raised by 1% recently, so it was 6% before that. Some states have no sales tax, some have no income tax (so you only pay federal), and some have no property taxes. I lean to the right when it comes to financial issues, so I think I'll stay here thank you very much.
