These Brits literally cannot believe how much US health care costs

[Clinton Baptiste]

Medical care in the UK is paid for by taxing the populace and industry. It isn't free by any stretch of the imagination.

No it’s not free, but! It’s not expensive either, of course the more overtime I work the more I pay for it.
In my example on a 37.5 hour week I’d pay in the region of £60 National insurance (NI)
But if I work a 55 hour week it would probably (and has) gone up to £90 per week, of course this is nothing to what Americans fork out over a year..
For my annual usage I get free doctors appointment and consultation, in patient and out patient care with free medication as I’m over 60 yrs old, free eye care, (tests) free hospital procedures, and cheap dentistry
As with free doctors appointments I also get free blood testing, free everything...it’s endless!!

If someone else is paying for it, it's not, by definition, free. It's only free to you.

Like a casino, more people have to lose than win or the door close forever.

This is based on my contributions to NI which I pay weekly £61 on a 37.5 hour week £2,877 to which the equivalent is $3,779.41 United States Dollar.
I would find it interesting to find out if $ 3,779.41 United States Dollars would cover a married mans family in medical,coverage?

 

[fncceo]

Medical care in the UK is paid for by taxing the populace and industry. It isn't free by any stretch of the imagination.

No it’s not free, but! It’s not expensive either, of course the more overtime I work the more I pay for it.
In my example on a 37.5 hour week I’d pay in the region of £60 National insurance (NI)
But if I work a 55 hour week it would probably (and has) gone up to £90 per week, of course this is nothing to what Americans fork out over a year..
For my annual usage I get free doctors appointment and consultation, in patient and out patient care with free medication as I’m over 60 yrs old, free eye care, (tests) free hospital procedures, and cheap dentistry
As with free doctors appointments I also get free blood testing, free everything...it’s endless!!

If someone else is paying for it, it's not, by definition, free. It's only free to you.

Like a casino, more people have to lose than win or the door close forever.

This is based on my contributions to NI which I pay weekly £61 on a 37.5 hour week £2,877 to which the equivalent is $3,779.41 United States Dollar.
I would find it interesting to find out if $ 3,779.41 United States Dollars would cover a married mans family in medical,coverage?

You should be thanking your more well-heeled countrymen for paying the difference between your meager contribution and the actual costs.