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by ryandrake 335 days ago
Who cares?

I’m really, really starting to question how much of an Ultimate Flex “good for companies” is, when it comes at the expense of: standard of living, worker’s rights, privacy, a safety net, and everything else America lacks due to its single minded focus on being “good for business.”

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> Who cares?

Me, who enjoys higher salaries, more jobs, better benefits, better healthcare, better schools, more diversity, and higher purchasing power.

Also it's more fun to work for US tech companies than Nokia :).

You don't have better healthcare, and most Americans don't have any of those things
Are you claiming that if you have the money, America doesn’t have better healthcare?
Correct. As a well off person paying out the ass for "great insurance," the system is absolutely drastically worse than other developed countries. A complete joke.
I don't pay out the ass... My premiums are covered by my employer, and I have no co-pays. It literally does not cost me anything to see my doctor.

> the system is absolutely drastically worse than other developed countries

I can see my GP same day, and a specialist within a week, for $0. It really can't get any better for me...

So it’s not about whether you “have the money” but whether you happen to have one of those rare employers offering platinum plated health plans. I suppose in that narrow case, US health care may be good.
You're not gonna believe this, but you are paying for it. Every dime your employer spends on your insurance is one dime they're not paying you in cash.
As somebody who has money and lived in the US, absolutely.

The system is a joke. It takes forever to get MRI appointments. Everything has so much bureaucracy. You fill out forms and make calls and get letters and all this bullshit.

Meanwhile, I can just book stuff online instantly now that I live in europe.

And it's visible in outcomes, too. Life expectancy in the EU is around 5 years higher than in the US.

I think you've seriously confused the US and Europe.

> You fill out forms and make calls and get letters and all this bullshit.

No I don't? I log into my hospital health system, click a button to schedule a specialist, pick a time, and then submit.

"In 2023, the average waiting time was lowest in the U.S. and Switzerland (28 days), while it was highest in Spain (77 days) and France (63 days)." - https://www.statista.com/chart/33079/average-waiting-times-f...

> Meanwhile, I can just book stuff online instantly now that I live in europe.

That's how it works here too, lol. Are you comparing 1980s US vs 2020s Europe??? You know we have computers here in the US now...

Every single time I've went to a practice in the US, the first thing I had to do was fill out stacks of forms. I've never had to deal that here in the EU. Has that really changed in the past five years?
There are multiple studies showing exactly that.
> Who cares?

Capitalists (the class, and the ideological faction devoted to promoting the interests of that class.)