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> I paid $3,300, which was the remainder of my total annual out-of-pocket So with insurance you paid more than a European without insurance would, and you call
by alpaca128 4y ago
> I paid $3,300, which was the remainder of my total annual out-of-pocket
So with insurance you paid more than a European without insurance would, and you call that a counterpoint?
- whatthesmack 4y agoSure, if GP is in the US and the European is paying 2-3x the income tax rate & earning half the salary.
- quickthrower2 4y agoDepends on the demographic. Moving away from the rich (relatively) HN-er data point is the american in an average earning job much richer than the european after salary difference and tax?
- EnglishRobin96 4y agoI personally don't understand where these numbers come from. When I moved to Europe, my total tax outlay went down, not up. Aggregating costs across a large pool (everyone in the country) means that I paid less than I did in the US.
- meetingthrower 4y agoRight, and also the actual cost of the insurance which is about $20k per family of four per year. That cost will be born by the employer, partly by the employee, or by the taxpayer via aca subsidies.
- stouset 4y agoYes. I would gladly prefer to live in Europe and benefit from a sane healthcare model. I don’t and neither do the hundreds of millions of others who remain in the US. So for those people, I wanted to provide a data point that might help them when they, like me, are forced to make decisions about their healthcare in this system.