Why the U.S. Spends So Much More Than Other Nations on Health Care

Re:Why the U.S. Spends So Much More Than Other Nations on He... by lambdadmitry on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @10:16AM (#16061605)

> The US system is actually much more liberal than the EU

How so? Here are the options to immigrate to the US for an IT professional:

- be hired by some rich company, try H1B, most likely fail in the lottery and wait for another year;

- be hired by some rich megacorp with presence in multiple countries, move to one of the countries, wait for a year, get L1 and move to the US. Too bad if you have a partner, he/she won't be able to work for a few years

In both cases your position is really precarious until you get your green card, so oftentimes you can't really afford to change employers. How on Earth is it "liberal"?

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Re:Why the U.S. Spends So Much More Than Other Nations on He... by ThomPete on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @11:24AM (#16062289)

You are missing a lot of different ways that you can get into the US and still be part of society in ways that simply aren't possible in Europe.

But don't take my word for it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/09/business/international/fo...

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Re:Why the U.S. Spends So Much More Than Other Nations on He... by lambdadmitry on Thursday January 04, 2018 @11:59AM (#16071872)

I would really appreciate if you would mention visa types instead of an article about integration.

Also please elaborate on the "ways than aren't possible in Europe" if you don't mind.

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