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Originally Posted by Ben Franklin

I have several friends living in Canada, France and The UK. I have spoken to each one of them about their system, and they love it. Their systems are more of a social democracy, and as I understand it, they are still market based. Yes, they pay higher taxes, but I wonder if anyone did a cost comparison between the amount of taxes paid vs. the cost of insurance. Just yesterday I had to pay $100 for a generic drug, because of the donut hole system. And it seems most dentists don't take insurance, or they don't take UHC insurance, and so we just had to pay over $700 for an initial visit.

Dentistry’s have their own insurance coverage, if you policy covers dental most likely you pay higher premiums. Otherwise you have buy dental insurance and with most insurance it’s a rip off cause the fine print clauses won’t pay for anything expensive until you’ve paid double or triple for that procedure.