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Re:Sweden gives employees unpaid time off to be entrepreneur... by dontdoitpls on Saturday February 15, 2020 @05:12PM (#22338372)
The worst insurance you can get + max out of pocket is 12,000usd per year.

10 or 20 procedures, still 12k.

For the 10%ers/6 figure earners, this is 10% of the before tax income.

For the 90% making 15-19$/hr, I can't even imagine managing this.

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Re:Sweden gives employees unpaid time off to be entrepreneur... by PopeDotNinja on Saturday February 15, 2020 @06:54PM (#22338882)
And that's assuming you can keep working. Getting fired or laid off because you can't work means you're no longer getting paid AND you now have to pay for the healthcare you can no longer afford. It's stupid.
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