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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
I don't like the authoritarian aspect either 
Canada has compulsory health ( here's one province) and employment insurance.
The USA does not as a whole have those but some states, such as Massachusetts, do have compulsory health care insurance.
I mentioned North America specifically due to the segmentation of health care plans. This is something that is I believe best devolved along with a number of other things. Allows both use of economies of scale through UK-wide purchasing power and efficiencies from smaller scale operational units. |
Cheers, I will (might) have a look if/when I have time. I very much doubt that any of those compulsary schemes in the US come even close to the schemes run in the countries I mentioned earlier in terms of % of last salary paid out, and length of payments.
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Gemany's taxation is considerably higher than ours along with their having more reliance on private healthcare.
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And along with trains running on time, cities looking tidy, having great public services, and generally being very efficient and organised. That would never catch on here...
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North America is a closer representation given personal taxation rates and populations.
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For taxation rates, maybe. For population, Germany, France, Italy and Spain seem more appropriate.