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Originally Posted by CyberSEO
I pay 6% tax from my earnings and it covers it all. Unemployed people pay zero and the also have the same level of free medicine here. How much do YOU pay for it?
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here's an example of your free healthcare:
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When Karen Papiyants lost his leg in a road accident last year, his medical nightmare was only beginning.
Although like any Russian he was entitled to free treatment, he says the doctors strongly suggested he pay $4,500 into their St. Petersburg hospital's bank account, or be deprived proper care - and perhaps not even survive.
Faced with that choice, relatives of the 37-year-old truck driver scrambled to scrape together the money. But Papiyants said that did not stop the nursing staff from leaving him unattended for most of the night and giving him painkillers only after he screamed in agony.
"It's nothing but blackmail and extortion on the part of doctors," Papiyants said.
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wow, what a fantastic free system, you russians should be proud.