I still giggle a bit every single time one of these EU healthcare stories pops up.
It highlights a core difference between one of the two most "advanced" places in the western world.
For us Europeans, we don't even think that free healthcare, free education ( university included ) , and free state support when things go wrong is a right.
It is a as essential as a core human function as breathing and blinking. We don't notice it, it's just there.
And most of us are more than happy to pay higher taxes in order for us ( or our fellow citizens ) to enjoy these.
Granted , our taxes could be better managed, institutions could be more efficient, and governments less corrupt. But until someone shows us - with long term data backing up these claims - that there is a better alternative , we will keep giggling .
It highlights a core difference between one of the two most "advanced" places in the western world.
For us Europeans, we don't even think that free healthcare, free education ( university included ) , and free state support when things go wrong is a right.
It is a as essential as a core human function as breathing and blinking. We don't notice it, it's just there.
And most of us are more than happy to pay higher taxes in order for us ( or our fellow citizens ) to enjoy these.
Granted , our taxes could be better managed, institutions could be more efficient, and governments less corrupt. But until someone shows us - with long term data backing up these claims - that there is a better alternative , we will keep giggling .