Europeans being confused by simple sales tax add-ons contribute to my belief that Europeans have no idea what they're talking about when they refer to their "free healthcare."
"I pay a 45% tax rate, but my healthcare is free!"
You're all ignoring the tax add ons, change my mind.
For fun once I calculated my tax consequence to the Free Euro Healthcare TM model over 20 years and came up with a figure of ~$750,000 in tax consequence over 20 years for just standard care and followups. Muh free healthcare