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Re:Ask HN: EU devs who moved to the States for work, has it ... by kwhitefoot on Sunday November 28, 2021 @02:25PM (#29372019)
> ower than double vs eg Switzerland or Norway.

Norway? Really. Health care costs here in Norway are capped at about 350 USD per year. If you pay more than that you get a card that exempts you from paying for things like GP visits, X-rays, MRIs, prescriptions, etc. Anything you did pay in excess of that you get refunded in the next tax settlement.

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Re:Ask HN: EU devs who moved to the States for work, has it ... by Turing_Machine on Sunday November 28, 2021 @03:53PM (#29372906)
> Health care costs here in Norway are capped at about 350 USD per year.

You are confusing "individual out of pocket extra costs" with "total costs".

Norway's annual per capita expenditures on healthcare are about 71883 krone (about $7,000 USD). Only the United States and Switzerland are higher.

Source: https://www.ssb.no/en/nasjonalregnskap-og-konjunkturer/stati...

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Re:Ask HN: EU devs who moved to the States for work, has it ... by kwhitefoot on Monday November 29, 2021 @03:19AM (#29377507)
Sorry, I was misled by the reference to out of pocket costs.
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