> At the end of 2016, the rate of unemployment among young people was 42.91% [in Spain] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_unemployment_in_Spain#...
Not everything is unicorns and roses in Europe. They have massive structural issues.
Not everything is unicorns and roses in Europe. They have massive structural issues.
Mandating health insurance had predictable results. It is expensive, and no employer will pay for it if it makes up a significant portion of total compensation.
Highly paid employees: already have health insurance
Low paid employees: never going to get health insurance
Every employee ends up in one of those two categories. As needed to comply with the law, hours will be adjusted up or down. If a person worked 40 hours at a modest wage, there were two possible outcomes. One is that hours are cut below 30, keeping the low-paid employee without health insurance. The other is that the employee ends up with enough hours to be highly-paid, but there is a limit to the hours a human can work and there may be a higher overtime rate that prevents this solution.
As an example of the less-common solution, suppose the job was $18 per hour for 40 hours. That could be changed to be $8 per hour ($12 during overtime) with a total of 80 hours per week, with healthcare included.
It's easier to just cut hours below 30.
Yes, in the majority of societies "free" healthcare is free at point of access and subsidised by taxes. Much like trash collection or road renovations. It's underlying infrastructure for a healthy society.
FWIW the US actually pays more taxes towards healthcare than europe, but that's because your medical industry is price fixing and gauging.[0]
[0]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/10/16/americans...
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