My wife's mother just beat cancer, her husband is trying to beat it now.

Most of your taxes are used to build the infrastructure of the society, from health care to the railroads.
While paying too much taxes can be a burden nobody wants, we often forget the marble floor we stand on and how they were built.
Nobody forced you to be there, you could always move to a place with less taxes or no taxes, and you will notice the difference.
Many people do this and then when they become sick or in need of the infrastructure, the health care they then return.
Just my 5 cents as a political economist. Rome had a very active tax system, it was one of the greatest and longest civilizations on Earth. Until this day there are societies and nations without sewage systems. They had it 1000 years before Christ.
Photo of ancient Rome's beautiful sewage systems.