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Re:Software Engineering Salaries in Europe vs. the United St... by vjk800 on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @10:31AM (#28221450)
> government paid health care, so it works out

This argument always gets brought up. The thing is, even in much of the Europe, highly paid professionals don't use the government paid health care, but instead get health insurances from their employers, so the situation is the same as in the US. For some reason those health insurances seem to be much cheaper here than in the US, though.

Re:Software Engineering Salaries in Europe vs. the United St... by AlstZam on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @10:47AM (#28221718)
In France (and probably in other European countries), private health insurances from employers are complementary to the government health care and don't replace it. That's why it is much cheaper. And so even highly paid professionals still use the government paid health care. Moreover, if it wasn't the case it would make the national health care system a lot less efficient.
Re:Software Engineering Salaries in Europe vs. the United St... by puszczyk on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @11:24AM (#28222473)
At least in Poland, the private health insure won’t cover serious procedures, eg they will cover cardiologists, but not a hospital stay, operations, etc. this means they are much cheaper because they don’t have this tail end, high value risk. You still rely on the national insurance and health care system for that.
Re:Software Engineering Salaries in Europe vs. the United St... by LandR on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @10:43AM (#28221635)
What countries is this true.

I know zero people who have private health insurance. Some companies offer it as a perk, but I have never heard of anyone paying for their own private health insurance.

Re:Software Engineering Salaries in Europe vs. the United St... by FormFollowsFunc on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @01:32PM (#28224528)
Ireland. Without private health insurance you would be waiting many years before you would get to see a consultant in the public system. To even get an appointment in a public hospital in a reasonable amount of time you need private health insurance.