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We aren’t talking about non quality plans. We are talking about the plans offered by major technology companies. “My non immediate relatives” can’t be my burd

We aren’t talking about non quality plans. We are talking about the plans offered by major technology companies. “My non immediate relatives” can’t be my burden to bare. You have to put your own life jacket on first - my wife and my children

woodruffw 4y ago
Even plans offered by major technology companies vary significantly: I know of at least one person with 5 figure out-of-pocket annual medical costs at a FAANG. I think it would behoove you to think more generally: not everybody has the same familial structure as you. Some people live with their distant relatives because they act as (or need) caretakers, or come from cultures where a single familial household is the norm. "I only care about my and mine" is not an attitude that "works" for billions of people on this planet.
- scarface74 4y ago
  And yet “billions of people” aren’t making anywhere near what tech salaries are and they manage. People are taking care of extended family owning a neighborhood convenience store. By the way, I’m not unsympathetic to people with long term medical conditions. While my situation isn’t serious, I was born with cerebral palsy and my parents put me through every type of therapy that you can imagine - speech, physical and occupational therapy and I went to all types of doctors on the salary of a teacher and a factory worker. They also retired at 53 and 55 and are now 78 and 80 living in the same house they bought in 1978 in South Georgia. My dad owned three cars his entire life and my mom owned 5. They didn’t try to keep up with the Jones This is not a sympathy post. By the time I was in high school I was winning speaking competitions, and I spent a decade as an adult as fitness instructor and a runner up to half marathons. It really only affects my left hand.
  - woodruffw 4y ago
    The point about "billions" was about proportions: for everyone like you or me, there are 1-2 other people on this planet living under radically different familial expectations. They don't need to all be working at tech jobs on tech salaries; it only needs to be the case that a substantial proportion are (which is true). I don't know how old you are, but it sounds like your parents benefited from a substantially more worker-friendly economy than most people in my generation do. Put another way: it's fantastic that your family was able to get you the help you needed, but I don't think that you experience is repeatable in 2023 ("keeping up with the Joneses" or not).

woodruffw 4y ago

Even plans offered by major technology companies vary significantly: I know of at least one person with 5 figure out-of-pocket annual medical costs at a FAANG. I think it would behoove you to think more generally: not everybody has the same familial structure as you. Some people live with their distant relatives because they act as (or need) caretakers, or come from cultures where a single familial household is the norm. "I only care about my and mine" is not an attitude that "works" for billions of people on this planet.

scarface74 4y ago
And yet “billions of people” aren’t making anywhere near what tech salaries are and they manage. People are taking care of extended family owning a neighborhood convenience store. By the way, I’m not unsympathetic to people with long term medical conditions. While my situation isn’t serious, I was born with cerebral palsy and my parents put me through every type of therapy that you can imagine - speech, physical and occupational therapy and I went to all types of doctors on the salary of a teacher and a factory worker. They also retired at 53 and 55 and are now 78 and 80 living in the same house they bought in 1978 in South Georgia. My dad owned three cars his entire life and my mom owned 5. They didn’t try to keep up with the Jones This is not a sympathy post. By the time I was in high school I was winning speaking competitions, and I spent a decade as an adult as fitness instructor and a runner up to half marathons. It really only affects my left hand.
- woodruffw 4y ago
  The point about "billions" was about proportions: for everyone like you or me, there are 1-2 other people on this planet living under radically different familial expectations. They don't need to all be working at tech jobs on tech salaries; it only needs to be the case that a substantial proportion are (which is true). I don't know how old you are, but it sounds like your parents benefited from a substantially more worker-friendly economy than most people in my generation do. Put another way: it's fantastic that your family was able to get you the help you needed, but I don't think that you experience is repeatable in 2023 ("keeping up with the Joneses" or not).