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No, generally in terms of QOL. If you make less, but what you have goes further (because of offsets like national health services and otherwise functioning soci

by zeruch 4y ago

No, generally in terms of QOL. If you make less, but what you have goes further (because of offsets like national health services and otherwise functioning societies)there are some tradeoffs that some folks are ready to make.

bequanna 4y ago
Most in the US have the majority of their heath insurance premium paid by their employer AND have higher than Euroland salaries. After spending time in impossibly small Euro homes/apartments I’m still not sure what people are referring to when their cite some better quality of life. Better access to muesli?
- waste_monk 4y ago
  Presumably things like not having to worry about bankruptcy if you lose your job and associated medical insurance, and then break a limb the following day.
  - bequanna 4y ago
    Common myth. Income based health insurance is available via every state govt. Most low income people pay nothing for health insurance in the US. Additionally, COBRA lets you continue coverage using your old plan under your employer. But that may be an expensive option.
    - zeruch 4y ago
      "Most low income people pay nothing for health insurance in the US." ...and get the commensurate level of care.
    - toomuchtodo 4y ago
      https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6366487/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6366487/ (Medical Bankruptcy: Still Common Despite the Affordable Care Act) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2323087/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2323087/ (More than 26 000 Americans die each year because of lack of health insurance) https://khn.org/news/article/diagnosis-debt-investigation-100-million-americans-hidden-medical-debt/ https://khn.org/news/article/diagnosis-debt-investigation-10... (100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt) My destitute mother’s ACA health insurance in Indiana (which I paid) before her death was $500/month circa 2015-2017. This was for someone with no income. She spent years attempting to qualify for disability and exhausted her appeals months before her death. American healthcare is a shit show, full stop, and it should come as no surprise those with the means are attempting to bail.
adam_arthur 4y ago
Google says the median salary for a dev in the UK is 45,000 GBP/year. I'm hesitant to believe any government services are sufficient to make up the compensation gap, even at the median level. At the upper percentiles the gap widens significantly. Though global salaries may normalize somewhat along with broader adoption of remote work

by zeruch 4y ago

bequanna 4y ago

Most in the US have the majority of their heath insurance premium paid by their employer AND have higher than Euroland salaries. After spending time in impossibly small Euro homes/apartments I’m still not sure what people are referring to when their cite some better quality of life. Better access to muesli?

waste_monk 4y ago
Presumably things like not having to worry about bankruptcy if you lose your job and associated medical insurance, and then break a limb the following day.
- bequanna 4y ago
  Common myth. Income based health insurance is available via every state govt. Most low income people pay nothing for health insurance in the US. Additionally, COBRA lets you continue coverage using your old plan under your employer. But that may be an expensive option.
  - zeruch 4y ago
    "Most low income people pay nothing for health insurance in the US." ...and get the commensurate level of care.
  - toomuchtodo 4y ago
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6366487/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6366487/ (Medical Bankruptcy: Still Common Despite the Affordable Care Act) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2323087/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2323087/ (More than 26 000 Americans die each year because of lack of health insurance) https://khn.org/news/article/diagnosis-debt-investigation-100-million-americans-hidden-medical-debt/ https://khn.org/news/article/diagnosis-debt-investigation-10... (100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt) My destitute mother’s ACA health insurance in Indiana (which I paid) before her death was $500/month circa 2015-2017. This was for someone with no income. She spent years attempting to qualify for disability and exhausted her appeals months before her death. American healthcare is a shit show, full stop, and it should come as no surprise those with the means are attempting to bail.

adam_arthur 4y ago

Google says the median salary for a dev in the UK is 45,000 GBP/year. I'm hesitant to believe any government services are sufficient to make up the compensation gap, even at the median level. At the upper percentiles the gap widens significantly. Though global salaries may normalize somewhat along with broader adoption of remote work