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I would say it is because of less social security.

In my country your pay will be significantly lower, but we get "free" healthcare are insured against unemployment&unable to work because of injury/sicknes, have a pension and have various social programms, etc.

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It's not like the US doesn't have that, or at least California.

During Covid my friend got $4,000USD per month in unemployment for over a year. A relative of another friend immigrated from SE Asia and signed up for Medicaid when she arrived. Pretty much free healthcare.

If you get injured, you can qualify for SSI payments and healthcare. I mean, we have a "crisis" right now because of all the disable men who no longer work and live off of government payments.

I mean, you can argue that maybe the US isn't quite as generous as Europe, but it's not like there is no social safety net. The federal government spends 50% of tax revenue on social programs.

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I would argue that covid was a special occasion, or is that always the case?

Afaik medicare only allows you to be insured if your income is less than X?

I don't know how your SSI payment structure compares to the one in my country, but isn't there a big problem with healthcare and the things and doctors it covers?

I don't think the US has no safety net, but I think on average it has a worse one than my country.

If you compare Europe as a whole I don't know, as Europe is very diverse in how they handle social care issues.