Comment by jiggawatts
3 days ago
> $500 / month
What the actual f!?
That saving is double the total cost of my private health insurance in Australia!
This includes the “Medicare levy” tax I pay at the highest rate because I get an above average income.
Health insurance cost is something I just don’t think about.
My missus reminds me every few years to combine our plans because it might save us AUD 250 per… year. Maybe.
Yeah, it's bad here. My health insurance premium (family of four) went from $3,000 US/month to $3,600/month on Jan 1. That doesn't cover everything, either - there's a deductible, and then there's copays, which means up to $9k/year out of pocket on top of those premiums.
Dear God. I pay a bit more than 400 EUR/mo, my employer pays a bit less than that, and my employer is delighted for me to take sick leave if I've got a cold because guess who pays my sick leave?
My health insurance.
(Germany, "public" insurance with one of the 150 or so "sickness funds" those of us in the 90% who have to be on public insurance can choose from)
Does your insurance also cover the rest of your family? As a single person I pay around $600/mo for insurance (a Kaiser silver HMO plan). Adding dependents will absolutely drive up cost here.