Quote Originally Posted by ApatheticNoMore View Post
Yea I think most people expect taxes would be higher (but then again health insurance is also very costly - so a lot of people would break even). As for unemployment the problem is countries usually have very different ways of measuring unemployment, so it's often difficult to compare unemployment rates across countries.

I want to be one of those rich young people that gets to travel though, young people have all the time and money in the world I guess. Oh well I'm middle aged and middle class so so much for that fantasy.
Health care could be a lot less costly if the powers that be, with their hands in the pockets of drug manufacturers and insurance companies, would do the responsible thing and remove profit from the equation. Because of the huge profit margins involved, we pay twice as much as any other country for much poorer outcomes.