> The top 1/4 in the US have easy, fast access to some of the most elite medical care on the planet. And if you're making $142k in salary in the US, your healthcare is entirely paid for.
There is nothing surprising in the fact that the top 25% earners have access to healthcare. The point of public healthcare is to make sure that the remaining 75% will not get indebted to barely survive.
What would worry an European worker would be :
- What would happen to my (and eventually wife's and kids') access to healthcare if I lose my job ?
- What if I want to start a business ?
- What if I want to go back to college ?
- What if I have to take care of a family member full-time ? Who protects me and this member ?
I am sure US medical care is very elite but what I also see is that a very large part of people who fell into poverty in the US did so because of unexpected health problems that would be taken care of in most European countries.
There is nothing surprising in the fact that the top 25% earners have access to healthcare. The point of public healthcare is to make sure that the remaining 75% will not get indebted to barely survive.
What would worry an European worker would be :
- What would happen to my (and eventually wife's and kids') access to healthcare if I lose my job ?
- What if I want to start a business ?
- What if I want to go back to college ?
- What if I have to take care of a family member full-time ? Who protects me and this member ?
I am sure US medical care is very elite but what I also see is that a very large part of people who fell into poverty in the US did so because of unexpected health problems that would be taken care of in most European countries.