We don't have great cheapo phone plans compared to Europe. I think the fancy pants bells and whistles ones can be closer. Healthcare tends to suck if you don't

We don't have great cheapo phone plans compared to Europe. I think the fancy pants bells and whistles ones can be closer. Healthcare tends to suck if you don't get it provided by your workplace. If you have a job with healthcare, your outcomes are pretty decent (on average, better than Europe in many cases, for example Cancer survival rates). If you don't have a job it is all free, as no one to make a broke person pay. If you are in the doughnut of <have a few dollars> to <paying $300 a month for healthcare> is a big deal you are really screwed. Developers are past that doughnut, so we do okay. Plenty of people do not though.