Quote Originally Posted by lph View Post
To me the real bonus is not that our health care is "free", because it's not, but that paying for it is not optional. And that good health care is not only for the well-to-do or for those who plan well. It has a cost, but these are still good things in my book. But I realize that these are hot political topics in the US and I won't pretend to know what it's like. It's a different world.
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I like hearing about your country's system, actually. In the US, some view being required to hold health insurance as a violation of their constitutional rights (or---egads---the US descending into "socialism"). At the risk of being "flamed" or inviting a heated discusssion, I'm going to say it : there are those who use the constitution to justify selfishness (example: those who think that having to pay taxes violates their constitutional rights and see it as akin to having the government steal your hard earned income).