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Is that really a problem for engineers earning >~60K a year?

jventura 8y ago
If your health problems do not prevent you from working, it’s not a problem.. But keep in mind that even non-engineers and poor people have those benefits.
- tunap 8y ago
  Until they experience a major medical event, survive and find shortly thereafter that they have been furloughed for "other reasons" because their insurance becomes too costly for the employer to afford.
  - hackerman12345 8y ago
    Sounds like you need long-term disability insurance.
    - liotier 8y ago
      ... unless you have a "pre-existing condition"
      - tunap 8y ago
        And that is what Uni Health Care addresses, supposedly. The caveat is, while insurance providers must cover PECs, it says nothing about how much they will charge. The systemic problems with for-profit/quasi-social healthcare were not fixed nor addressed(outside more welfare options), it just mandated more participants paying into the coffers.
    - tunap 8y ago
      And a new job to afford yet another payment? Where do I sign???? PS: not me... family, friends & acquaintances who had spent decade(s) with employers and after returning to work able bodied only to be subsequently let go for reasons other than their abilities to perform their duties.
lotsofpulp 8y ago
$60k USD minus taxes, rent, insurance, and other fixed costs is not going to buy you much healthcare. The cheaper places to live in the US might not even have decent healthcare options. Not to mention significant time off will result in termination.
Spooky23 8y ago
Absolutely. Most companies cut off the oxygen after a few months. Expensive diagnoses like cancer or pregnancy are not good for the career.
- germinalphrase 8y ago
  It’s incredible that pregnancy is considered an “expensive diagnosis”.
  - alkonaut 8y ago
    It's increadible that cancer is considered an "expensive diagnosis".
  - sneak 8y ago
    Pregnancy is optional, like a luxury car.
    - germinalphrase 8y ago
      Raising a child certainly costs a lot. Of course, it being optional doesn’t stop people from hyperventilating about our reduced fertility rate.
      - magduf 8y ago
        People lament the falling fertility rate (esp. among a particular ethnic group), but they never want to do anything about the government policies and living costs and other social factors that are driving this reduced rate.
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If your health problems do not prevent you from working, it’s not a problem.. But keep in mind that even non-engineers and poor people have those benefits.

tunap 8y ago
Until they experience a major medical event, survive and find shortly thereafter that they have been furloughed for "other reasons" because their insurance becomes too costly for the employer to afford.
- hackerman12345 8y ago
  Sounds like you need long-term disability insurance.
  - liotier 8y ago
    ... unless you have a "pre-existing condition"
    - tunap 8y ago
      And that is what Uni Health Care addresses, supposedly. The caveat is, while insurance providers must cover PECs, it says nothing about how much they will charge. The systemic problems with for-profit/quasi-social healthcare were not fixed nor addressed(outside more welfare options), it just mandated more participants paying into the coffers.
  - tunap 8y ago
    And a new job to afford yet another payment? Where do I sign???? PS: not me... family, friends & acquaintances who had spent decade(s) with employers and after returning to work able bodied only to be subsequently let go for reasons other than their abilities to perform their duties.

lotsofpulp 8y ago

$60k USD minus taxes, rent, insurance, and other fixed costs is not going to buy you much healthcare. The cheaper places to live in the US might not even have decent healthcare options. Not to mention significant time off will result in termination.

Spooky23 8y ago

Absolutely. Most companies cut off the oxygen after a few months. Expensive diagnoses like cancer or pregnancy are not good for the career.

germinalphrase 8y ago
It’s incredible that pregnancy is considered an “expensive diagnosis”.
- alkonaut 8y ago
  It's increadible that cancer is considered an "expensive diagnosis".
- sneak 8y ago
  Pregnancy is optional, like a luxury car.
  - germinalphrase 8y ago
    Raising a child certainly costs a lot. Of course, it being optional doesn’t stop people from hyperventilating about our reduced fertility rate.
    - magduf 8y ago
      People lament the falling fertility rate (esp. among a particular ethnic group), but they never want to do anything about the government policies and living costs and other social factors that are driving this reduced rate.

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