Maybe you should consider moving to Europe and benefit from a proper public healthcare system?
But I must admit, the energy bills lately are no fun here… So maybe wait until all that mess is over.
But I must admit, the energy bills lately are no fun here… So maybe wait until all that mess is over.
Public + private spending; the US spends $12k/person, the Swiss $7k.
The US is roughly double or more than any other developed nation in per-capita healthcare spending.
Taxes in Euroland are already quite high. That money is going to have to come from somewhere and likely will eat into your public healthcare budgets.
A quick google[1] reckons people on low incomes spend as much as 35% of their income on healthcare alone, before pay any taxes. You need to be earning a lot in Europe before you get even close to that.
If you're on a low-to-average income then Europe is probably better. If you're rich then America is better.
[1] https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2019/05/02/health-ca...
Many (most?) people on HN are highly-skilled, highly-paid technologists and likely the latter.