>he pays $27 per month for his health insurance through his employer, and it's a nice plan.
This is really an outlier. The US average for employee premiums is $104/month for individuals and $392/month for families.
This is really an outlier. The US average for employee premiums is $104/month for individuals and $392/month for families.
I pay $0 for health insurance, for example, and what I get is perfectly good.
>I have a brother that works in a pretty normal job earning $42,000 per year (not an outsized salary in the US), he pays $27 per month for his health insurance through his employer, and it's a nice plan. That isn't unusual in the US
My point is that most people in 'pretty normal jobs' pay considerably more for healthcare.