Comment by cubefox
2 hours ago
It should be mentioned that the US has very high wages, and even when subtracting substantial health care insurance cost, the income likely remains higher than what people earn in most other countries.
2 hours ago
It should be mentioned that the US has very high wages, and even when subtracting substantial health care insurance cost, the income likely remains higher than what people earn in most other countries.
If you have a high paying job in the US it usually comes with legitimate health insurance paid for by your employer, meaning most of the cost of most healthcare is covered.
If you don’t you pay a lot. Before ACA non-group plans generally didn’t cover any health conditions that predated your coverage.
ACA was just good enough to cool down demands for a true public health plan while also being just shitty enough to turn everyone else off to ever wanting one. Essentially the perfect way to prevent a public option for generations.
You should go tell that to the waiters who are working for tips.
Reads a bit like you’re in a bubble. I have friends in the States who work in education, construction, and hospitality. I similarly have friends working in those fields in EU. I’d say the ones in EU are better off _and_ don’t worry about healthcare.
Not to mention you get actual vacation time in Europe and a higher standard of living generally.
Don'tcha know, the only real jobs are "software developer" and "haver of lots of money for investing in software developers". Everyone else can pay $10,000 for their surgery.
yes, but the people in europe aren't free(tm) /s
how exactly ?
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Reading this sent me down a bit of an OECD data rabbit hole. They seem to agree. However once you read the fine print I'm not so sure. Many things are much more costly in the US (education, travel, food, vehicles, houses...) and the OECD data seems to not control for that. Also my personal experience is there are a large number of very poor people in the USA. Seems like more than in Western Europe for example.