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Re:Your own company? You can do it (2011) by maxerickson on Sunday June 18, 2017 @02:48PM (#14582164)
But some of those things are just benefits of having an employer. They tend to come with group insurance, but it isn't the group insurance that decides to keep you on during the illness or recovery.
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Re:Your own company? You can do it (2011) by patryn20 on Sunday June 18, 2017 @04:04PM (#14582598)
That's fair. The point I was hoping to make though is that being self employed or even running your own startup has significant non-obvious financial risks/externalities when it comes to emergencies and healthcare in the US. Those risks have to be offset with cash beyond what many people assume is sufficient due to non obvious factors. Planning and good advisors are key.
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