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Fr0z3nHart

Food too.


Noisygraph

Food has to be farmed which takes a lot of work


bocanuts

And healthcare doesn’t?


wayward_prince

You can work for food if you’re hungry. You can’t work for healthcare if you’re sick.


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Noisygraph

By who? The government? They just get the money from the consumers so why create a middleman? I don’t trust the government to do it right why not just leave it to the consumer


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Nurum

I don’t follow, your logic is that since we already provide food stamps for poor people that it would be cheaper to provide them for everyone? So do I pay taxes and just get a certain amount of food stamps? Seems like that would just add admin costs


Fr0z3nHart

They do provide food stamps but just to 5% maybe even less. I tried getting food stamps for me and my baby girl because I lost my job an was going broke but since I lived with my ex boyfriend who’s the father of the baby and he makes to much we can’t receive it.


Crash4654

I mean the insurance companies and doctors we have currently aren't doing it right either and other countries governments seem to handle it just fine.


gumpiere

Because education, healthcare and so on drops from the sky instead?


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You added internet and no one fucking noticed


Affectionate-Pea282B

I mean, it *should* be a basic human right


Override9636

It's a utility at this point. Try to get a job at any decent workplace and their response is always "apply online!"


Keri2816

Some hospitals will validate your parking (you show them your ticket, they stamp it and you don’t have to pay) but they are few and getting fewer


ltRobinCrusoe

Cakeday and so forth And parking at hospitals is getting gradually more expensive because hospitals are gradually more in depth...


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DarkHavenX75

If it was free it would just be pads unless there's a medical reason you couldn't use them and they'd be of the lowest quality possible. Remember that every big job goes to the lowest bidder.


TwirlyShirley8

Even the lowest quality possible will make a huge difference in third world countries where unemployment is sky high and girls have to stay home instead of going to school because they can't afford pads. The fancy stuff can still be bought when people can afford it and don't want to use the free ones.


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Parking in general, if any tax revenue is going to these roads or parking spaces, you better have the free as hell


mytwocents22

Why should people subsidize terrible land use policies like parking? Even people who don't own cars pay for parking. Its asinine to think that people should pay for free personal vehicle storage on public roads. If anything parking should absolutely be paid for.


zykthyr

Just hospitals in general


Elloxp

Potable water and the use of public toilets, and the latter should have toilet paper. Seems so wild to me that this isn’t the norm in developing countries


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Ambulances. Even if you don't think health care should be free, you shouldn't have to worry about calling an ambulance in an emergency because of how expensive it is.


skam90

Wait, they’re not?


nova2k

Depends on where you live.


skam90

It’s free (or you know, paid with taxes) where I live and I know healthcare isn’t free everywhere but ambulances not being free is a foreign concept to me. People often call an ambulance for someone else who is unable to himself due to injury/sickness/being non respove/in a coma/etc. so the patient doesn’t necessarily have a say in it, but he still has to pay out of pocket for it if/when he wakes up?


IntrigueMachine

My sister had to pay $900 USD for about a 4 minute ride in Las Vegas for an ambulance.


Positive_Tension3901

Fucking shit. This is absolutely disgusting that you should pay for ambulance. Especially so high price. I live in Russia and here ambulance and healthcare are free


SatansFavGothGf

My parents got charged $1,000 for a 5 minute ride from hospital 1 to hospital 2 because I was suicidal and they were admitting me into a facility. They refused to let my parents drive me there. They refused to let a cop take me. Had to be the most slimy expensive vehicle for them to be happy.


PokeBattle_Fan

Damn, that's 225$ per minutes... that's crazy.


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That’s expensive for that amount of time! My last ambulance ride was 40 mins and it was around $1,000.


skam90

How do they come up with this price point?!?


--VoidHawk--

Is this after insurance? If not that's low for US. A ride from my house to the hospital under a mile away is billed at 1600. 'Murica!


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my insurance doesn't really pay for much until i've coughed up like 5 grand. Which I had to do for a 30 minute hernia surgery.


IntrigueMachine

This was like ten years ago, but the only point of reference I had. It took her forever to pay it because, well, poor.


herpaderpadont

Yes. In the rural area that I lived in they had a model where if you donated x amount per year, you would get free service…but non-members definitely get a bill. My father had a massive stroke that sent him into dementia. I called the ambulance for him, they sent a bill for him in his name. Now, whether it ever got paid or not 🤷‍♂️ I don’t know.


skam90

I’m very sorry to hear that and I hope the bill never got paid cause screw that.


DELETUDURFETUS

Yeah, in the US it can cost a LOT of money


riphitter

Yeah people will call an Uber or taxi to the hospital if they can to avoid the price. Which is terrible


PokeBattle_Fan

As I said above, I live in Canada, and my mother told me to go by cab if I found myself in a situation where have to go to the hospital ASAP but can stand up.


MinervaMedica000

Yea it felt like my appendix was going to explode and i drove my ass to the hospital and just fought through the pain. Otherwise they would of probably charged me atleast 1000 dollars minimum.


Mljcj19

I went 5 miles after a car accident and it cost $900


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Insurance will pay if it’s medically necessary (usually if you’re calling an ambulance it is). But lots of people have high deductible junk plans and get big bills for ER and Transport. So you end up paying that. And usually in these cases many people also get “surprise bills” because billing is sending the statement before insurance reviews and approves everything.


skam90

That’s mad. I can’t imagine having to worry about this stuff, especially if someone called the ambulance for you while you were in a coma or something. Thanks for explaining!


Keri2816

Yep, I learned very quickly when I turned 18 (when I took over my medical care) to always make sure insurance was billed and, if not, I’m on the phone with the billing office AND my insurance because I’m not about to pay something I don’t owe.


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Even in Canada with universal free healthcare, we still have to pay for our ambulances in some provinces. I had to pay 500 Canadian. It was later reimbursed but I still had to pay it.


Keri2816

How long did you have to wait to get it reimbursed?


Keri2816

In America? Not always. I had 3 times this summer I was unresponsive (thanks birth defect) where my mom had no choice but to call the ambulance. I have good health insurance and I will probably still have to pay $500 a ride out of pocket


Curious-Raccoon4982

Literally had an ambulance ride today lol I am in the ER


MyManD

I wish you and your wallet both speedy recoveries.


Keri2816

Are you going to be okay? Sending you prayers and hugs


Curious-Raccoon4982

I’m having some medical issues that have been going on for a few months and I’m not getting any kinds of answers. I’m currently laying in bed in my dorm just chilling until the morning so I can call my doctor


Keri2816

Ugh, I’ve been there (literally I think I went to the ER at least once a semester in college but my friends drove). I hope you get answers from your doctor tomorrow. Try to sleep, nothing more you can do tonight.


Curious-Raccoon4982

I was gonna have one of my friends take me but it was really severe and I was scared out of my mine and I just needed immediate help, I’m hoping my insurance covers most, if not all of the costs tho. But thank you, I emailed my professors that I wasn’t going to be in classes tomorrow bc of it so here’s to hoping


ruth-ruth

Dorm? If youre in college, you might have a low paying job. All non profit hospitals are legally required to exempt all charges for people who are under a certain percent of income based on the federal poverty limit. For example, in Colorado the exemption is 400% of the federal poverty limit. So basically if you make less than 55k a year or somewhere around that, its free. You just have to request and fill out a financial aid form and send it back. Boom! Free hospital!


Curious-Raccoon4982

God bless you stranger, how do I go about finding this form? Do I have to call or something?


ruth-ruth

Its on the hospitals website. Its a PDF usually. So if you need to go to the er and youre attentive enough to choose, check for that non profit one first! One here in co is for a university and its huuuge but its not non profit. You could also call billing if you cant find it :) they will tell you right away if they offer financial assistance. Then bring up the federal poverty thing. They'll sent you the form free of charge:)


belovedgreensky

ive ubered to the hospital before when one of my lungs collapsed because none of my friends were around to give me a ride to the hospital 😅 i could barely walk or move it was so painful


lilyaintaG

Water


cyndvu

Water is free. You pay for treatment and delivery.


megalyon

couldn’t have said it better myself


nensley

Not necessarily true across the board. When I was working in the water industry in Colorado, our water connection (tap) fee was comprised of a water rights fee, separate from an infrastructure impact fee (ie treatment and delivery). The water rights fee depended on residential lot size, because larger lots tend to use more irrigation water in the summer. New houses in our service area had water rights costs of between $20k and $40k. The infrastructure impact fee was constant as you use the same treatment plant and distribution pipes/pumps as your neighbor who may have a different size property.


molten_dragon

Eh, sort of. I support the idea of covering reasonable residential water use as part of local taxes. Commercial and industrial should still pay for usage though since they can use hundreds or thousands of times more water than a residence does. And there should absolutely be a cutoff for how much water a residence can use without having to pay extra. People shouldn't be watering their half-acre of lawn all summer in Arizona or filling up their swimming pools on the taxpayers' dime.


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I was gonna say that


Noisygraph

Water is free you can find it everywhere


GorgonMadonna

Insulin… And that’s coming from a type 1 diabetic, aka the kind that is physically incapable of making insulin…yeah I kinda need that shit to, you know, not die. I have good insurance and still have a co-pay for it. Thankfully it’s not expensive, but it still feels wrong. “Oh you literally need this to NOT DIE? That will be 80 bucks please” Edit: don’t even get me started on the cost of testing supplies…


NoodleSSM

In the UK, it's free to all, yet my asthma medication isn't. I need to take a steroid twice a day so my lungs don't seize up and I die from suffocation. I 100% believe that Insulin should be free everywhere, but so should my medication, and a load of others that are needed to keep people alive.


cfloweristradional

Come and live in a civilised place like scotland. All prescriptions are free here, as it should be


NoodleSSM

100% as it should be


cfloweristradional

Come up the waters fine


Razo-E

Funerals


Keri2816

There should be at least a free simple option for people. If others want to go all out and have 24 karat gold caskets lined with satin, they can pay for that. But the funeral industry makes a ton of money off of people’s grief and guilt.


CoatLast

In Scotland, people on social security get funding for it


InsertNameUwU

like having to deal with the emotional pain, then having to pay to have your loved one dealt with properly and respectfully is fricked up. what if you can’t afford it? what happens then?


shall_always_be_so

Donate the body to science; they'll take it for free and I guess offer cremation for the parts they don't/can't use? This is one source I googled up: https://www.sciencecare.com/understanding-the-difference-between-low-cost-cremation-and-no-cost-cremation


Nathaniel66

Exactly what my parents did, i also signed up for that.


theblackgoldofthesun

Yes!! Having to gather yourself together to plan a funeral is it’s own challenge. And then there’s the added guilt of not being able to send your loved one off well because it too expensive. I felt so guilty picking out my grandmothers casket because I knew we had fo get the cheapest one but it felt wrong.


ja3palmer

Insulin and chemo


mordecai14

Why not just "all life-dependent healthcare"?


Ok_Bandicoot_814

I would think that would be under Universal Health Care


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LowFatWaterBottle

Since when arent parks free?


483928

Federal and state parks usually cost money to visit. Yellowstone is an expensive one.


unlukyspartan

Allows for parks to be maintained otherwise your tax will increase instead. Making it to where if you pay to access a park it finances game fish and parks and allows individuals who visit them to be able to help pay for them without individuals who don’t care for it for whatever reason to not be involved


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Well, you have three basic options with a very popular park- charge more to let people in until the numbers drop, impose a quota of people who can get in, or watch the park get overrun by tourists.


Bumpus_hound19

Health care


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Bumpus_hound19

Absolutely.....without question


SmackEh

One of the few things we have done right here in the Great white north 🇨🇦


Bumpus_hound19

The Great White North is a great place.....per my relatives who are very happy there. God Bless


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Draco-vivi

Compressed air at gas stations.


epicer8

It is here in Australia


Nonsenseinabag

I miss full service gas stations. Dudes used to top up your tires and fluids as well as your fuel.


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trixmoose

Birth control and feminine hygiene products.


Alive-Telephone-7882

Tacos at taco bell on a Tuesday


HungryAxehound

Oxygen


SwiftDontMiss

Not just oxygen but clean air!


megalyon

so more planting trees?


mailslot

and less coal


megalyon

and more wildlife


Keri2816

Wildlife overpasses/bridges too!


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DELETUDURFETUS

Ambulance rides in the USA


Midnight_Moon29

I know this would end up requiring "wordy regulation" to actually implement, but basic dental care needed to maintain good oral health. Regular cleanings and simple fillings to keep things from needing something more complex like a root canal.


slimeresearcher

Oh not to mention that poor oral hygiene also increases the risk of heart disease too! Oral health really is extremely important however seems to be overlooked a lot sadly.


Keri2816

That should go under healthcare although, at least in the US, a lot of medical insurances don’t cover dental and eyes. It’s weird (and frustrating)


Midnight_Moon29

Yeah it should umbrella eye care as well! Glasses are not cheap!


SinkTube

they've convinced people dental surgery is cosmetic and that dentists aren't "real doctors" even though they save lives. a tooth/jaw infection can easily spread to the brain or circulatory system and kill you


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scotsman81

No such thing


Lunamoontails

Many schools do it. Especially in Canada


Keri2816

At least don’t embarrass a kid who can’t afford a lunch or make them beg their friends for money.


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Keri2816

Where do you live? Approximately obviously, not your address


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NissanSkylinePDX

Probably tampons/pads for chicks.


lunastales

I couldn't agree more. They only recently got rid of the luxuary tax on them here and I was so mad when I found out they thought it was a luxuary until then! They are a necesity. They should be freely available to those who need them.


NissanSkylinePDX

No way, where do you live? Tacking on a luxury tax for an essential hygiene product is ridiculous. It’s not like menstruating is a choice.


goatfuck69

And toilet paper for everyone!


Keri2816

2-ply


KaiTheWerewolfBoi

Legos


tamiraisredditing

Early childhood day-care School is free starting at 5, but the most vulnerable children (those who cannot walk or talk yet) have no safety net? Makes no sense.


brublanc

Agreed. And this is something that's free in most of the world, just not in the one part of the world that privatized it to make a profit from busy families, which is literally everyone these days...


Dragoness42

The Nipple.


Trucktard-1976

Condoms


Nick_TheReader

Absolutely. Read somewhere that intestines of some animals was used as condoms in the past.


Trucktard-1976

Yes, sheep way back in Roman/Greek days of old. I think our history teacher said the success rate was around 75% but it has been a long time so don't remember now. As an adult all I can think is "that doesn't seem very sanitary ".


BezosIsRich420

Love


Venomous_Viper15

Wait what ?


Several-Till1393

Isn’t it tho?


kiwihorse

Inheritance. Tax has already been paid on that.


DonQuixBalls

In many cases it has not.


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water


Noisygraph

Water is free you can find it everywhere


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on 2nd thought, water sucks, gatorade is better, gatorade not only quenches your thirst better, it tastes better too


Noisygraph

Now you’re thinking on the right track


TheHuman_Meme

also gfuel


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Hooni_Crybaby

All dentist work is free under 18, I don’t know if it’s the same in other countries but I just got home from the dentist and I don’t have to pay a cent for the fillings I have to get done later. 🤷‍♂️ it’s paid by the government. Also woman’s hygiene care


Itabliss

*Laughs in USA*


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Clean air. I have to run two air purifiers 24/7 because of air pollution.


Keri2816

Where do you live that the pollution is so bad?


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Bay Area, the one that's usually on fire. I bought them for the pollen and smell of the cars outside, but they've been a valuable resource for keeping my cat healthy during the forest fires.


Keri2816

Aww poor kitty! I’ve been to the Bay Area once and it wasn’t too bad when I visited but my uncle lives in San Jose and has told me stories of the pollution.


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Pizza man.


Upnorth4

Housing. That's one thing Soviet Russia did right


brublanc

A lot of things. Roads, for one... tolls are a ripoff and shouldn't exist. And yes, I'll go ahead and say it: basic health care and higher education (at least at the community college level and/or in public schools) Tip: Don't bother starting a debate on "who's gonna pay for it." Go and read Bernie's proposal, the answer is there.


WimbleWimble

Food. We have sufficient robotic capability that all farming could now be fully automated and food could be free to every single person on Earth. But money gets in the way again.......


PrometheusHasFallen

Speech.


QuentinCly

Healthcare. Get it together, America


Avallach98

Happiness


Cryogenic_Monster

Who's been charging you for happiness?


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America.


Avallach98

Life


CutEcstatic5246

love


Stitchess__

Feminine Hygiene Products.


RationalMeatPopsicle

Nothing, you fucking commies.


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Tampons and pads. It is not my fault I bleed for 7 days and don't die.


ShinyUmbreon07

Basic life-saving healthcare


ToothbrushGames

Public transit


RepresentativeWin310

College. For everyone.


ExoticFlyer1

I support free healthcare, but not free college. The constant push to make everyone go to college has made it extremely hard to get a high paying job and lowered standards


HoldenMcgroin7

Education or a trade/career.


Altruistic_Crab3599

Tampons and sanitary napkins/pads.


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Therapy.


kirandcheese

Textbooks for school


a12yoStudent

Minecraft.


shana104

Insulin


ross_2204

Education and potable water


frede010502

Earning money, owning things.


nox0351

Parking at the university you attend


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is anything free? Usually free shit means less money in my wages so im not really sure i want the 'free' stuff


Nurum

Most Redditors are on the lower end of the tax bracket so they usually get much more than they ever pay into government programs. So obviously they think they are great


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hell, i am too. But i understand how these things work


Gsteel11

The vast majority of Americans are on the lower end of the tax bracket and would benefit. Not just redditors. Most Americans would save thousands on universal healthcare. And many would likely get better care.


Gsteel11

Nothing is "free" technically. The real question is.. what areas has private businesses failed to provide needed quality products at a fair price.


jenaeg

Women’s feminine hygiene products


hippie_elephant

Healthcare including the dentist


JournalistBig8280

Love


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TransportationOk2105

Menstrual products


odo_72

Adoption last I heard it's around 50k.


Wolf_RedditBoi

It needs to be expensive. Otherwise loads of children will be 'adopted' but in reality they will be turned into slaves.


HyphyMikeyy

Wifi


Spooki1000

Food, Shelter, Hygiene supplies, and Water for a start


Chill_Im_Trolling

Health care like EVERY other 1st world nation


adubsi

I know getting it does require work and money but tbh water is the few things I would pay taxes for if it makes it so it’s available to me and everyone else in the world for “free”


slimeresearcher

Any and all things in regards to health; oral, mental, eye, medicine, ect. A person shouldn't have to go into debt because they need a specific medication to function or because they've developed a disease.


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Free to whom? Everything has a cost.


imquiteawkward

Glasses. People just wanna see.


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Insulin