Comment by ceejayoz
3 days ago
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.