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You wont have healthcare cost problems in London though.. for starters.

by akhatri_aus 10y ago

UK-AL 10y ago
But other professions are comparable.
- walshemj 10y ago
  Cite ?
weberc2 10y ago
What are these healthcare cost problems? U.S. software companies pay for employee health insurance while still maintaining higher salaries. Perhaps the healthcare system in England is marginally better than in the U.S., but I'm not aware of any health care crisis among U.S. software professionals.
- akhatri_aus 10y ago
  On the health costs specifically: You basically get your health insurance for life & as understood at the moment portable to other EU countries, what happens when you lose your job or if your startup folds in the US or your insurance provider wont honour? I don't want to sound like some troll or something but theres tonnes of articles that go through the differences.
  - weberc2 10y ago
    > what happens when you lose your job or if your startup folds in the US or your insurance provider wont honour? In the U.S., your insurance isn't terminated upon loss of employment. I don't know of any physical ailments whose treatments an insurer can legally opt out of insuring. I believe in the possibility of the odd exception here or there, but nothing as endemic as you suggest. > I don't want to sound like some troll or something but theres tonnes of articles that go through the differences. I'm a software developer in the U.S., my friends, colleagues, and other acquaintances aren't dropping dead around me for want of health insurance. Your extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Mention of "tons of articles" isn't particularly persuasive.
- war1025 10y ago
  The company I work for offers amazing health insurance for me at no cost. However, if I want to put my wife and child on company health insurance, even the worst plan costs within $100 of my monthly rent. It's not breaking the bank, but it is certainly a major part of our budget.

You wont have healthcare cost problems in London though.. for starters.

UK-AL 10y ago

But other professions are comparable.

walshemj 10y ago
Cite ?

weberc2 10y ago

What are these healthcare cost problems? U.S. software companies pay for employee health insurance while still maintaining higher salaries. Perhaps the healthcare system in England is marginally better than in the U.S., but I'm not aware of any health care crisis among U.S. software professionals.

akhatri_aus 10y ago
On the health costs specifically: You basically get your health insurance for life & as understood at the moment portable to other EU countries, what happens when you lose your job or if your startup folds in the US or your insurance provider wont honour? I don't want to sound like some troll or something but theres tonnes of articles that go through the differences.
- weberc2 10y ago
  > what happens when you lose your job or if your startup folds in the US or your insurance provider wont honour? In the U.S., your insurance isn't terminated upon loss of employment. I don't know of any physical ailments whose treatments an insurer can legally opt out of insuring. I believe in the possibility of the odd exception here or there, but nothing as endemic as you suggest. > I don't want to sound like some troll or something but theres tonnes of articles that go through the differences. I'm a software developer in the U.S., my friends, colleagues, and other acquaintances aren't dropping dead around me for want of health insurance. Your extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Mention of "tons of articles" isn't particularly persuasive.
war1025 10y ago
The company I work for offers amazing health insurance for me at no cost. However, if I want to put my wife and child on company health insurance, even the worst plan costs within $100 of my monthly rent. It's not breaking the bank, but it is certainly a major part of our budget.