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Why didn't you choose to have private healthcare in the UK? It costs peanuts and I'm surprised big tech companies don't offer it as standard
by iso1631 5y ago
Why didn't you choose to have private healthcare in the UK? It costs peanuts and I'm surprised big tech companies don't offer it as standard
- kcorbitt 5y agoI was working on a startup at the time wasn't making any money. And to be fair, if you have no money the NHS is pretty awesome!
- iso1631 5y agoDo startups in the US provide healthcare plans?
- kcorbitt 5y agoA funded startup will generally provide health insurance of some kind, although at the very earliest stages it's probably not great. As startups get larger and less cash-poor overall comp (including health insurance) increases significantly. In my specific case though I was bootstrapping my own startup, which had no funding, revenue, or employees. (I survived by living off my wife's PhD stipend at the time.)
- iso1631 5y agoSo in the UK you had health insurance and chose not to pay the extra £800 a year to get gold plated private stuff In the US you wouldn't have had any health insurance at all? Have you compared health insurance at a FAANG in the US with NHS + Bupa in the UK?