Reply To: Donald Trump

[David Boots]

What is weird about the American healthcare system is that it so tied to your job. It got that way because companies were able to claim it as a tax deduction and it was treated as a non-taxable fringe benefit for employees.

It seems very complicated to me. In Australia you pay a 2% tax and it is all basically free. Its not perfect and over half the population has health insurance as well which theoretically speeds up things and gives you more choices.

It is really strange to see something like healthcare become so politicised that no one appears happy with it.