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> Healthcare is expensive, but it's less than 20k/year. That's not true. I pay about $10,000 a year for healthcare and my company pays roughly another $20,000.
by tharne 5y ago
> Healthcare is expensive, but it's less than 20k/year.
That's not true. I pay about $10,000 a year for healthcare and my company pays roughly another $20,000. And that's before I have pay per visit up to my rather high deductible. And I work for a large company with good benefits. Healthcare costs in the U.S. are insane and almost hard to fathom if you haven't lived through them yourself.
- geoduck14 5y ago>I pay about $10,000 a year for healthcare and my company pays roughly another $20,000 Oh wow. What are your circumstances where these costs make sense? Did you/your wife give birth, and someonwin your family have surgery? Are there special circumstances that would jack up the bill? $30k for a family is REALLY high for almost any situation.
- refurb 5y agoYour benefits aren’t that great. I was paying $200 per month premium for my entire family ($2400 per year). $1000 deductible, 90% coverage, max of $2,000 individual or $5,000 for the entire family. So maximum in any year was $7,000. And unless we had a birth or major surgery it was typically much less.
- tharne 5y agoThey're not great, that's true. My point is that they're not unusual in the U.S.
- sneak 5y agoOk, even then: 30k < 100k. You still come out 70k ahead employed by a US company.