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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear
nope , everyone in the hospital is doing volunteer work  of course it costs, everything costs  in the uk you pay for it in taxes, very similar to how canada does it, in the usa they charge you a "pay as you need it" rate, so if you aren't ever sick you dont need to waste thousands of dollars paying for other people that are kinda |
By comparison, income tax in US is comparable to France yet our two kids cost us nothing in hospital or doctor's fees. In fact, by having kids we lowered our income tax to the point where I pay 1.1% and my wife pays 4.2%. If we have a 3rd kid, we both pay no income tax, and a fourth, the state pays us income tax rebate.
So, how does that work then, if everyone pays for childbirth in terms of taxes?
FWIW, I pay 75 euro a month in health insurance...
--edit - to clarify, the reason we pay lower taxes is cos most of the charges we pay for kids eg creche, nanny, sport, food can be claimed against our income tax. The elder having now started school cannot have these charges offset, so it goes back to normal. But still the first 5 years are heavily subsidised