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[–] 48 points 2 months ago (10 children)

I'm pretty sure private insurance exists in most countries with universal healthcare.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    I live in such a country and private insurance exists here, still finds ways to screw over customers. We need more CEO murders

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I live in a country with free healthcare and private health insurance. I even have private health insurance. But I have it through a nun-profit organisation that pays out ninety-something cents in claims for every dollar of premiums paid. So I'm ok with it.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago

    It does. Basically all countries with universal healthcare also have a private healthcare sector. It is another ironic fact that countries with universal healthcare has more freedom of choice than people have with the American healthcare system.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    It does, in the Netherlands (my country), we have universal private healthcare.

    We used to have universal public/singlepayer, but decades of liberal governance caused it to be privatised.

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