Health care costs in the tech industry are not high. We might pay $100/month and have a $2000 deductible as an example plan. For someone making $100k that means

Health care costs in the tech industry are not high. We might pay $100/month and have a $2000 deductible as an example plan. For someone making $100k that means 3% of their income is going to health care, maximum. The problem with health care in the US is for middle / middle low earners. If you’re very poor you qualify for Medicaid, but if you don’t, you might have a crappy expensive insurance plan that also has a high deductible, so you might pay a big chunk of your income to health care in a bad year. For techies, the cost is minimal. The system is extremely unequal.