Sweden,Taxes & Healthcare

[nicet4]

Originally Posted by middle-aged mom

Taxes pay for the lion's share of healthcare in Sweden. Effective income tax rates are considered amongst the highest in the world. Then there's the 25% VAT consumption tax, county and municipal taxes. Patients have co-pays with very affordable caps on annual out of pocket expenses.

A Comparison of the Tax Burden on Labor in the OECD
June 19, 2014



For all the caterwauling about how much better Sweden is, because they gibs the free stuff, you to can pretend your are in Sweden.

With an average wage of $52,222 you will pay 31.3% in taxes if you include the employer payroll taxes which, like it or not, comes out of your paycheck even if you never see it.

In any event earning $52,222 your take home pay will be $36,564. You will take home 70%.



Now pretend you're Swedish about 43%, $22,455, is going for taxes and you end up with $29,767.

That free healthcare is costing you $$6,797 or $566 monthly.

Meanwhile the new rates for the Silver Plan area:

2016: Monthly Benchmark Silver Premiums for a 40 Year Old Non-Smoker Making $30,000 / Year

Connecticut $328
DC $248
Maine $290
Maryland $246
Michigan $226
New Mexico $171
New Yor (New York City) $372
Oregon $248
Vermont $476
Virginia $288
Washington $228

And you claim you can not afford it?

[EinsteinsGhost]

Originally Posted by T-310

If the two of you are so in love with the European model, feel free to go over there and partake of that largesse.

Take your own advice and go live in your utopia if it exists anywhere. Take that HappyTexan who hasn't probably smiled in six years, with you.

[alphamale]

Originally Posted by Lonerandsad

Rare case... At least all people there have access to healthcare free while in America millions don't have (including me) and most people who still have do pay for it. Trust me your overall combined taxes are higher than Scandinavians

Didn't Barry fix it?

[nicet4]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

So Bush somehow is responsible for the big pharma drug deal in the TPP that just got signed by Obama ?

ROFLMAO

No, Obama EXTENDED big pharma's hold over drugs for 8 more years.

No, no, no! It's big pharma in bed with Booooosh and Cheney and don't forget it was Richard Nixon that started this whole thing.

[alphamale]

Originally Posted by Lonerandsad

Cannot afford... I want free

But, but, but.....it's "The Affordable Care Act!"

[Lonerandsad]

Originally Posted by pghquest

The average tax obligation for citizens of Sweden is about 31%, + they have a higher cost of living, about 40% MORE than we do...

Compare that to here, with 50% paying relatively ZERO federal income, many getting money back in fact to subsidize other obligations to the state etc, PLUS welfare, housing, energy assistance etc..

I wonder if Sweden has a free cell phone program.

Depending on where you live, cost of living is lower in Sweden than in some U.S. regions and cities

[Lonerandsad]

Originally Posted by alphamale

But, but, but.....it's "The Affordable Care Act!"

Obamacare isn't same as national healthcare... I don't really like it.. I want national healthcare