[majormajor]

The thing about the US is that it's very unevenly distributed. So it depends on what you'd be doing and how much money you'd be making / already have.

If you have a professional-class job the US is often the best place in the world to be for illness. You'll have a fairly high salary (especially comparing globally) and an insurance plan with an out of pocket max that is probably 10-15k per year (or much less, for most tech employers). If REALLY concerned with illness, filter for places with good supplemental long-term disability insurance and live in a state that has some of their own like CA.

The US spends A LOT on healthcare per-capita. So your access to doctors / specialists / hospitals in major US metros is generally excellent and rarely has the sort of waits that you see in a lot of countries that spend less on healthcare.

The problem with US healthcare is that it's usually either (a) fucking great for you or (b) fucking terrible for you. Very non-uniform.

[keybored]

> The thing about the US is that it's very unevenly distributed. So it depends on what you'd be doing and how much money you'd be making / already have.

The Veil of Ignorance, anyone? Even invented by an American.

People here need to consider the state of a society without spending 80% of the bytes on the what-if of being a 135+ IQ individual with a passion that coincides with the work tasks of amazingly successful megacorporations based on the West Coast. At least when we’re supposed to be talking in the abstract.

[0xDEAFBEAD]

>The Veil of Ignorance, anyone? Even invented by an American.

As long as we're talking about the veil of ignorance, let's also consider the "veil of birth country ignorance". What if you were born in Africa?

From that perspective, one of the most altruistic things a developed country can do, arguably, is increase its rate of immigration from developing countries.

Of course, if you do that, your average citizen gets poorer ;-)

[keybored]

That’s not exactly the only condition. You also have to not frick with other countries. Like e.g. France’s Neocolonialism.

There are other examples.

[majormajor]

The tipping point is much closer to the median than that.

A lot of US cities and burbs like Dallas, Phoenix, Atlanta, are full of people who aren't super-genius-tech-bro-200k+ but aren't one illness away from catastrophe. Working boring-ass office jobs with decent - not spectacular, but with solid pros-and-cons even compared to Canada next door - benefits.

[trgn]

I live in flyover country and people like their Healthcare here just fine and you don't need 6fig salary

[Foreignborn]

I only hear that from people on Medicare and Medicaid, and certain areas if they’re covered by the VA. Maybe ACA plans if they’re low income.

I definitely don’t hear that from the middle. I definitely don’t hear that from travel nurses or truck drivers. No one has ever said that about COBRA.

And this isn’t getting into average wait times for specialist appointments (though other countries deal with this too.)