The principle of the universal healthcare system is that the healthy ones pay for the sick ones with their monthly dues. Also those citizens who get monthly social welfare, pay for the same reason, better said the solidary community does it. Will give you an example: at the moment i pay nearly 450 Euros per month to the health insurance, it´s a lot money. To deny that payment or to play tricky games to reduce the monthly due is an offense (here). That´s the "unfree" side. At the moment i´m healthy but it is in the nature of things that it will change when i will become older. It doesn´t change anything that i wouldn´t have to care about the costs when i would have to go into a hospital for some weeks. The next healthy one pays it.

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