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>The difference in out-of-pocket costs is easily accounted for within significantly higher salaries. Any sources for this?
by fastasucan 2y ago
>The difference in out-of-pocket costs is easily accounted for within significantly higher salaries.
Any sources for this?
- vineyardmike 2y agoSalary Info (25k USD salary difference, before tax) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_average_wage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_average_w... Cost of healthcare: There are a bunch of numbers that are trivially accessible via Google, including government sources, but I couldn’t find any that match perfectly with the time range of the wage data. Here is one quote, from a few years earlier… > Median annual out-of-pocket spending on medical care ranged from $360 (Hawaii) to $1,500 (Nebraska). In four states, households in the top 10 percent of out-of-pocket expenses spent $7,000 or more on these items. https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2019/may/how-much-us-households-employer-insurance-spend-premiums-out-of-pocket https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2... See also: https://meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st441/stat441.shtml https://meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st441/stat441....