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Interesting, though physical residency must come in at some point, otherwise who pays taxes for the country you actually live in? But hey, if they start making good laws, I'd move there, as European it's very easy. But good laws means also lower taxes and a decent healthcare at decent prices.
I'd say it means decent healthcare, universally free of charge.
Imagine this becoming a thing. Where anyone could eventually become Estonia's resident with all the rights (and of course responsibilities) equal to the people actually living there. Once other nations would follow, then the borders would truly start to disappear because it wouldn't really matter where you are located. No more us and them, just people of the earth. I know it's way too optimistic and this solution pro…
Well tax laws apply to you based on your tax residence and your citizenship so this has very limited benefits if you are already living in a western country. Plus due to all the anti money laundering rules you will have tough time opening a bank account remotely.
Interesting, though physical residency must come in at some point, otherwise who pays taxes for the country you actually live in? But hey, if they start making good laws, I'd move there, as European it's very easy. But good laws means also lower taxes and a decent healthcare at decent prices.
> But good laws means ... decent healthcare at decent prices I'd say it means decent healthcare, universally free of charge.
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> But good laws means ... decent healthcare at decent prices I'd say it means decent healthcare, universally free of charge.
For cancer yes, but for a back pain? It's very hard to make universal healthcare because universal healthcare is a very subjective term. The only way to make healthcare universal is to work out serious insurance plans and then make sure that what's not covered is priced honestly.
Yes. Someone shouldn't have to suffer in pain because they work a low paid job, or are unemployed.
> The only way to make healthcare universal is to work out serious insurance plans
It's not the only way. The other way is for our taxes to foot the bill, as we do in the UK with the NHS.
The NHS is far from perfect, with long waiting lists and varying levels of care depending on your location - but it works, and provides universal healthcare to the whole of the UK.
Imagine this becoming a thing. Where anyone could eventually become Estonia's resident with all the rights (and of course responsibilities) equal to the people actually living there. Once other nations would follow, then the borders would truly start to disappear because it wouldn't really matter where you are located. No more us and them, just people of the earth. I know it's way too optimistic and this solution pro…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
For cancer yes, but for a back pain? It's very hard to make universal healthcare because universal healthcare is a very subjective term. The only way to make healthcare universal is to work out serious insurance plans and then make sure that what's not covered is priced honestly.
> For cancer yes, but for a back pain Yes. Someone shouldn't have to suffer in pain because they work a low paid job, or are unemployed. > The only way to make healthcare universal is to work out serious insurance plans It's not the only way. The other way is for our taxes to foot the bill, as we do in the UK with the NHS. The NHS is far from perfect, with long waiting lists and varying levels of care depending on yo…
Seems like it'll be a non-starter for most sane businesses given the insane reporting requirements. we started to ask companies to give us more data. The reason is we wanted to get rid of fraud. Currently, all the companies in Estonia are declaring their B2B deals. If I’m a company and you’re a company and I buy something off you and it’s more than €1,000, we both have to declare it
How is this insane? It's just about keeping very clear logs of the transactions, right? I's not like in the US they don't know where my money transfers are coming from.
Imagine this becoming a thing. Where anyone could eventually become Estonia's resident with all the rights (and of course responsibilities) equal to the people actually living there. Once other nations would follow, then the borders would truly start to disappear because it wouldn't really matter where you are located. No more us and them, just people of the earth. I know it's way too optimistic and this solution pro…
Shipping's been done under flags of convenience for years, but I suspect a lot of people will be deeply unwilling to walk that road for residence.
e-Residency does not confer citizenship, tax residency, residence or right of entry to Estonia or to the European Union. The e-Resident smart ID card is not a physical identification or a travel document, and does not display a photo.
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> For cancer yes, but for a back pain Yes. Someone shouldn't have to suffer in pain because they work a low paid job, or are unemployed. > The only way to make healthcare universal is to work out serious insurance plans It's not the only way. The other way is for our taxes to foot the bill, as we do in the UK with the NHS. The NHS is far from perfect, with long waiting lists and varying levels of care depending on yo…
Well, I have never seen a healthcare system that works well for non-deadly issues like back pain and I have lived in Italy, Denmark and Germany. Also, at the end of the day somebody has to pay the bill, so either you pay with taxes or someone else has to pay yours with his taxes. Considering population is getting older, people that can pay your healthcare bills are going to be scarcer and scarcer. From a practical st…
PS: If we spent 5% as much on back pain research as we have on Cancer there would likely be a range of viable treatments for most issues.