Comments by "Luredreier" (@Luredreier) on "Type Ashton" channel.

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  5. Norway has a 100% state run health care insurance and all hospitals are 100% state owned. There are however private medical clinics as well as most general practictioners being private. There's a roof on how much people can pay in medical expenses pr year (much lower then the ones you mentioned for Germany and the US, but still high enough to make people think twice about needlessly seeking medical attention). The costs of medications are highly regulated. And they're a part of the same cap as for both physical and mental health care. However dental care is not covered by our system for adults, and has to be covered 100% out of pocket except for in certain cases when people are on certain social aid programs, changing this has been one of the many election topics in the recent election in Norway, although it wasn't the main topic. Our system is of course covered by our tax system, a progressive one. So with a lower income you'd pay a smaller percentage of your income in tax. With a higher income you'd pay a greater percentage. In terms of post-tax costs, I've had doctors appointments with a cost of perhaps 30 dollars, and some at perhaps 80 dollars, give or take. And that would in essence be all you'd pay if you don't need any further medical treatment. Births are free in hospitals and birth clinics, but isn't covered for home births, where you have to seek out private solutions and pay for it in full (this is to discourage this kind of births, due to the obvious risks involved, if something goes wrong there that would incur higher costs for the state, and in the case of death, a loss of taxable income...) As for the cost cap for health care in Norway, I think it's something like 250 dollars give or take? That cost cap may also apply to health care in other countries like the US if you can prove that you can't get the same health care within Norway up front, it's a bit complicated... Seeking healthcare abroad for things that is available in Norway however would generally not be covered, although I blieve there are some exceptions.
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  12. Actually, it depends on the energy mix and the expected lifetime of the vehicle. A PHEV is actually more enviromentally friendly then a EV if your power mix isn't. Also, there's ways and ways of making a hybrid. Here in Norway a EV is most definitively the way to go. But in many US states for instance a PHEV is a far better alternative. Basically the bigger the battery, the bigger the enviromental impact of making the car. And eventually the car will reach its end of lifetime. A PHEV is more enviromentally friendly during the driving then a ICE if you can do all your daily commute within the range of its battery (so you'll want a PHEV or a EV with at least enough electric range to serve your daily needs). But while the PHEV might be worse then the ICE for those longer duration trips the fact that it has a smaller battery, and therefore a smaller manufacturing impact then the full EV might not be made up for during these longer drives, if they're not all that common. So if you only have rare long distance drives you might end up actually saving the enviroment by adding a ICE engine to the car making it a PHEV compared to going all in with a bigger battery if and only if the electricity isn't all that enviromentally friendly to begin with. There's a cutoff point that varies depending on how much you drive long distances and how clean your energy mix is and how long you plan on keeping the car. That said, yes, you're right about renting for those long distance trips. Although I'd say, rent a PHEV with a big battery instead of a ICE car. You might have a bit bigger impact driving there, but once you get there you can drive around and explore the place with a much smaller impact then with the ICE car.
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