US Workers Are Highly Taxed If You Count Premiums

Re:US Workers Are Highly Taxed If You Count Premiums by mschuetz on Monday April 08, 2019 @10:35PM (#19611243)

Did you check your employers contribution? Because at my US job, I paid around 340$ to insurance but the employer matched it with another 340$ to insurance, so insurance was actually 680$/month. A ridiculously bad deal considering there were still deductibles/out of pocket of a few thousand dollars and some differences based on whether I get in-network or out-of-network treatment.

> In Denmark, only health is covered, so for eye and dental many go out-of-country to get it cheap.

That kinda sucks for Denmark. In Austria, everything is included in the 7.5% that health insurance costs.

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Re:US Workers Are Highly Taxed If You Count Premiums by readittwice on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @02:35AM (#19612320)

Well, in Austria there are a lot of people going to the dentist to Hungary as well because it's cheaper. The situation is a bit more subtle than you pretend it is.

Health insurance typically only covers the minimum at the dentist, and almost nothing of what is considered "cosmetic" or would be good in the long-run (e.g. oral hygiene, braces). It gets expensive quite fast.

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