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Why the US is the only country that ties your health insurance to your job (www.vox.com)
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[–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's definitely one of the many issues. In 12 years I've paid $86,400 so It's hard for me to believe it will ever flip and begin benefiting.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Sounds like you have a “low premium” high deductible plan. I had one of those. Where I paid every dollar until I hit $3.5K and then 20% until hit $7k and then paid nothing. I can see where you could get to $86k. I’d start looking for a job that comes with a better health plan. I now pay $400 a month and $20 co-pay here and there.

    That’s a symptom of our system. There’s so many different plans and options, and it’s further obfuscated behind your company doing all the negotiating that it’s not actually a free market. We would be better off going to a single payer system.

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