| ▲ | schnitzelstoat 6 hours ago |
| The vacation time is genuinely better, yeah. The universal healthcare is hard to quantify - because most decent companies include health insurance in the US and the quality of the public healthcare provision in Europe can be quite patchy (i.e. location-dependent) Remember that you are comparing gross salaries too, and taxes are much higher in Germany so the engineer ends up with much less take-home pay. |
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| ▲ | lionkor 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| That makes it easier to quantify. If I need to work a decent job at a decent company to have good healthcare, then a large number of people don't have good healthcare. This is not acceptable. Healthcare should be a basic right, and a lot of European countries treat it as such (e.g. in Germany, everyone is insured, no matter their employment status, and its mandatory and equal for everyone regardless of their job). People also can't be fired for being sick. |
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| ▲ | hobo123 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | In theory yes, but they're really running the German healthcare system into the ground. Many doctors leave the country after graduating from University. Doctors cannot freely open a practice, they have to bend over for some central commie committee. And they will only receive a fixed amount of pay per quarter per patient depending on the disease. And of they have "too many" patients, at some point they have to treat them for free (payment is limited). The whole thing is a scam run by our politicians, who of course are all private insured. | | |
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| ▲ | tw04 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| I hate to break it to you, healthcare in the US is extremely patchy and location dependent. I can also tell you working in tech for a very long time, if you aren’t working for a Silicon Valley company you might have health insurance options, but that doesn’t mean they’re any good. Especially if you have a preexisting condition. |
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| ▲ | goosejuice 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | > working for a Silicon Valley company you might have health insurance options, but that doesn’t mean they’re any good I'd love to hear about people working in 'tech' who don't have decent health insurance options. If that's you, where do you work and what do you do? > preexisting condition Not with ACA compliant plans | |
| ▲ | lotsofpulp 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | >Especially if you have a preexisting condition. What does this mean? https://www.healthcare.gov/coverage/pre-existing-conditions/ https://www.hhs.gov/healthcare/about-the-aca/pre-existing-co... > Health insurance companies cannot refuse coverage or charge you more just because you have a “pre-existing condition” — that is, a health problem you had before the date that new health coverage starts. >Health insurers can no longer charge more or deny coverage to you or your child because of a pre-existing health condition like asthma, diabetes, or cancer, as well as pregnancy. >They cannot limit benefits for that condition either. Once you have insurance, they can't refuse to cover treatment for your pre-existing condition. This has been in effect since 2014 due to the Affordable Care Act. |
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