Converted to £ that's £2000 a month. It would be impossible for us and I'm pretty appalled. Here in the UK health care is free at the point of delivery. Obviously it's paid for with taxes and in the most common tax bracket we pay 20% on anything we earn over £12,500 a year. Only a portion of that funds the NHS. I have had several surgeries, given birth, seen specialists, and have access to a GP and it hasnt cost me a penny. I cannot imagine the stress of trying to budget for medical care for family. What the OP is paying is out of reach for me and most people I know.

A Type 1 diabetic and wheelchair user here in England. Because I'm diabetic my prescriptions are free for life. Not just insulin & diabetes related paraphernalia, but all medication. Even for people who have to pay, it's £9 per prescription. My wheelchair is an active manual chair worth over £2000, the NHS provided me with that, with free parts, maintenance and repairs (I've broken three wheels over 4 years). They provide a new chair every 5 years. It's easy to take all this for granted here in the UK, but it breaks my heart that for millions of fellow humans healthcare is a financial decision.

I think most Americans haven't added up what they actually pay for healthcare and work out what percentage of their paycheck actually goes to healthcare vs how much in extra taxes they would pay. Although, it probably has more to do with the health industry relying on the infrastructure already set up here. Much like gasoline, 6 lane freeways, and parking lots we're stuck with what we have and there isn't a pair of pliers big enough to pull those teeth.

Heath insurance is sucks, high cost and not highest quality. That's the price we pay, smh!

US resident. 1 child 1 adult= $750/ month for health, $48/ month dental. Deductible= $750, Co pay of $20 in network, $30 out of network until then $0 out of pocket afterwards, medication covered 80%. Yea, I'd definitely pay the same in taxes for everybody to be able to go to the doctor and I wouldn't even have to worry about deductible or copay. Then again I did live in Canada for a while so I got to see a working healthcare system in action. It's not perfect but it's a heck of a lot better than what we've got going on currently.

This is amazing. Rent here is less than what this family pays for healthcare. Here you pay around 20$ monthly. Family doctor visits are free. Specialized doctors, visit costs 10$ per quarter. My grandma pays 0, even pays 0 for all her medicine because she's a senior. She was in the hospital for a broken hip, go surgery and 2 weeks of rehabilitation - payed 0. USA is so weird.

"free".. let's not talk about having to pay 40-50 percent in taxes whereas they pay a lot less in the US. Not saying it's great in the US, but some of the European examples make it look better than it really is. Also, depending on where you live and who your employer is, you may not pay all that much in the US. We currently only pay $376 total for 3 people, the rest is paid for by my wife's employer.

The most mind boggling thing is that the U.S government still spends more on health care per capita than most countries that has some form of universal health care. Something is very wrong with this picture. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD

South Africa- private medical aid is out of reach for most people. Government hospitals are not good and patients often have to wait up to 8 hours to see a doctor. About 30% of my income is going towards medical aid. I only get a few appointments a year. After that I have to pay cash for my consultation and meds. Medication here is exorbitant. I know many people who can't afford to see a Doctor. Dental visits or specialist are out of the question.

Most ppo here requires a deductible ours is 6k that amount must be met before they pay. Certain things are as she says for regular health but er visits are different. Insurance can retroactively say no and put you on the hook for 6figures

This is insane. In Bulgaria ( the poorest country in EU) you pay nothing if you have job and less than 30levs ( ~15 euros) if you don't. Health care is free until 18. Giving birth is free for everyone.

I feel like I will have medical debt for the rest of my life.

It`s free in my country, but there are both prons and cons about that. Yes, absolutely anyone can go to a "outpatient clinic" or as we call them "poliklinika". We have seperate for children and adults and an online registration, so you can book an appointment and not wait in line. But sometimes it will take you ages to get an appointment to some doctors or get an MRI done. And the qualification of some doctors is doubtful. Free dental care sucks.

Scotland here, we get tax and national insurance deducted from our monthly salary - just did a quick listen to the tax man calculator and the combined for both is under £600 a month - that's money that goes to school, roads, public services and of course healthcare. We never pay for doctors appointment, prescriptions or even parking at a hospital. We don't pay to deliver a child but get given a box of essentials including clothes, blankets, bottles, nappies etc. America has turned healthcare from a daily essential to a business - its all very well using money for research and development, but if it results in something so expensive no one can use it then what's the point? Nhs Scotland pays a fraction of the cost for drugs and I get them free at point of delivery. It works well everywhere else but good ole America wants to be different

We COULD do Healthcare for All quite easily. I have both VA and Medicare. I do still have medicine, vision, dental and DME pays of maybe $1000 max in a regular year. Husband has Anthem thru work as well as CHAMPVA, and pays about $5000 a year for medicine copays and dental. If you need medical treatments, insurance is saving money. Childbirth in a hospital is upwards of $12000, plus all the medical before and after, it's worth it to have PPO, which is the most expensive option. Still, tax the rich.

As a military retiree my Healthcare, Dental and Eye insurance is roughly $63.00/month

That's the price you pay for living in the freest ,most powerful and most technologically and economically advanced country in world, perhaps history

A lot of people forget that free healthcare isn't free, it comes from taxes. And usually where there's "free" healthcare, taxes are high. Like the person from Denmark who said income tax is 50% of their salary? Wtf, I wouldn't pay 50% of my salary for taxes. I'm really healthy and recently I went to my GP for the first time in two years. I pay about 110 USD per month for medical insurance for myself and my daughter and that includes GP visits, medication, dentistry, optometry, emergency, hospital, everything we'd ever need. If I didn't have medical insurance I could pay cash at a private doctor/hospital or I could go to a government clinic or hospital and get treatment for free. It would be slow and I'd do a lot of waiting, but I wouldn't die because I couldn't afford private medical care. Welcome to a third-world country.

There is no such thing as a free lunch. Even in the socialized countries just because you're not paying specifically for personal medical insurance, you're still paying a significant portion of your income towards the NHS in taxes, which some commenters have alluded to, while others from the same area continue to pretend "it's free!" Americans pay anywhere from 0-37% of income in taxes, with the current average being around 25%. Though 30% of citizens pay 0%. Though i'm american, i've been in romania for the past decade, where the minimum wage is about $500 (wages were increased this year) after income tax, health care contribution and all the other bits, you end up paying about 50% of income in taxes, with 25% baseline for NHS, which increases with your earnings. It's great so long as you have an emergency, or require some sort of life saving surgery, but anything short of that is a nightmare which you may still have to pay for depending on NHS allotments.

Free healthcare through the NHS (in the UK). Dental is heavily subsidised. I have only ever paid max £52 for a dentist trip and that includes a filling, drugs and x-ray. Prescriptions are a set price of around £9.20 (I think). If you are pregnant then dental and prescriptions are free until your babies first birthday. Prescriptions for children are free until they are 16. My husband has private health insurance through his work that covers us both. His work pays for it, and we pay the tax on the "benefit" which comes out to around £67 for the whole year. (We actually get a cash payout from the private health insurance to us for giving birth and for staying overnight in a NHS hospital rather than a private hospital). I'm incredibly grateful for the NHS and the healthcare we have here. I can't imagine having to worry about paying to give birth. I know in July I will walk out of the hospital with a new baby and it won't have cost me a penny. Paying basic living bills is expensive enough without having to worry about healthcare. I'm feel sorry for the USA

Nothing, i live in new Zealand, so you don't pay anything if it's not cosmetic surgery.

Germany. My husband is the only one employed in our household right now. He pays around 400€ a month. Me and our two kind are automatically co-ensured without added expanses. A birth costs 0€. You only pay 10€ a day for the room. You are encouraged to stay 3 days for a natural birth and 5 (I think) for a c-section.

Manitoba: I think I'm paying $13 a paycheck for very basic, group health benefits. I don't have to pay anything for most medical stuff except for the dentist, physiotherapy and the optometrist, and prescriptions. My daughter just had a several fillings done and her wisdom teeth out. I believe that's cost close to $3000. Her grandparents helped out with that. I paid $220 for her eye exam and generic, low cost glasses.

Yikes thats aweful. Pay zero here thats Canada. My and husbands jobs have private insurance and that pays for our dental visits and medications so we pay nothing out of pocket for any health care for us or kids

Ireland is €100 for hospital or doctor for anything but it covers everything including follow-up visits. Giving birth is free and anything for kids up to six years old is completely free regardless.

Uh. . .zero.

In the USA, things changed when the ACA (Affordable Care Act) came into existence. ( thanks, BHO ) As single person, I paid into the $900's per month and $8,000 deductible. Not as "affordable" as it was cracked up to be, and many people blindly fell for. I've now aged out of the system when I qualified for Medicare.