This is why I don't give you a job

Re:This is why I don't give you a job by mjwalshe on Saturday January 07, 2012 @07:00AM (#3436844)

But don't forget that in the Eu you pay less of your income for health - and a heath crisis wont lead to family poverty

Some one I know moved to the states (from the UK) working for citibank and was paying much more just for his health cover than he would for all the UK benefits.

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Re:This is why I don't give you a job by vixen99 on Saturday January 07, 2012 @08:55AM (#3436997)

Health crisis won't lead to family poverty? Is this true for all 27 member states? I've already pointed out that it isn't in Romania. What about the other East European members? Can anyone tell us?

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Re:This is why I don't give you a job by Bootvis on Saturday January 07, 2012 @02:58PM (#3437918)

There are degrees to this, bad health will cost you money and reduce your earning power in all the states. However if you fall in bad health in the northern states treatment will be paid for and dying as result of lack of health care is very rare.

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Re:This is why I don't give you a job by paulhauggis on Saturday January 07, 2012 @10:46PM (#3438822)

You can buy your own high-deductible health-care plans in the US through most of the major providers (costco also has their own now).

It's not the best, but you won't go broke if you have any sort of health emergency.

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Re:This is why I don't give you a job by jes5199 on Sunday January 08, 2012 @02:06AM (#3439070)

Hrm. How good are they? I've read articles about people who have gone broke even though they had health insurance.

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