Re:How to lose two jobs in one year
by hestefisk on Saturday February 24, 2024 @03:56AM
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Aussie here. Very few employers here offer health plans. Medicare is more or less like NHS in the UK.
If you earn more than a certain amount, you have to pay for your own private health insurance. It is significantly cheaper than in the US.
Source: myself
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Re:How to lose two jobs in one year
by rad_gruchalski on Saturday February 24, 2024 @06:33AM
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> If you earn more than a certain amount, you have to pay for your own private health insurance
Do you fall back into Medicare if you start earning less afterwards?
Re:How to lose two jobs in one year
by paulstovell on Saturday February 24, 2024 @09:54AM
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You don’t actually have to pay for your own, but you are taxed an extra 0.5% if you don’t and earn above a certain amount. So in practice rather than pay the additional tax, people get private healthcare. If you then start earning below the threshold you can cancel the private healthcare and go back to the public system.