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Lack of universal healthcare in the US isn't that big a deal to the upper-class/upper-middle class people we are talking about becoming expats because the profe
by jhbadger 4y ago
Lack of universal healthcare in the US isn't that big a deal to the upper-class/upper-middle class people we are talking about becoming expats because the professional jobs they tend to hold generally have very good health plans. Obviously it's a big deal for working class people as their jobs generally come with limited or no health care plans, but they don't seem to be moving to Europe.
- eliaspro 4y agoI wonder how much further the situation in the US has to deteriorate until we stop referring to those moving to Europe as Expats and call them Refugees? This term seems to be reserved (with an often racist/classist connotation) for people from the global south.
- trh0awayman 4y agoI've found that it's the other way around, Europeans want to call Americans refugees because they themselves use it as an insult. If I started introducing myself as a refugee/migrant worker at my tech job, people would think I'm making some kind of sick joke.
- jhbadger 4y agoIt's been used whenever there were people moving out of real need rather than convenience or adventure. There was no question that Jews fleeing Europe in the 1930s/1940s were refugees even if they were white and upper class.
- yurishimo 4y agoOr immigrants! I moved to NL (but took a local job at a local salary) and I don't plan to go back to the US. Obviously life happens and I can't predict the future, but I would not be surprised if I am applying for citizenship after my children become adults.
- Symbiote 4y agoCheck whether it might make sense to apply before. I don't know the situation in the Netherlands, but it might simplify your children acquiring Dutch citizenship.
- yucky 4y ago> Lack of universal healthcare in the US isn't that big a deal to the upper-class/upper-middle class people It's not an issue for poor people either, since they have Medicaid. Or old people, who have Medicare. Or veterans who have Tricare. Health insurance is generally only an issue for middle to lower middle class.