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by jasonlotito 3 days ago
> I would dearly love to know what "costs" of healthcare you are looking at when you say the US is preferable enough to actually move to/be in/stay in the US.

Autism care for children. I'm looking at $15-30k a year for a service such as speech therapy. Minimum of 6-month wait time.

US? Free. Wait time? Immediate (not hyperbole).

We routinely keep track of this. It has not improved at all.
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FireBeyond 2 days ago
As someone with friends who have children with autism and complex support needs, knowing their challenges, I would say that's a great thing - but definitely varies from region to region. Finding a speech therapist for one's largely non-verbal 14 year old son has been challenging - although I'm going to a party today to celebrate his older sister's graduation from university, now a speech therapist.
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jasonlotito 6 hours ago
"Region to region"

Blue states > Red states 100% of the time. Though, even within those states, you have to move. But, that's not unexpected. In Canada, it didn't matter where you moved. We looked. And then I didn't even get into how horrible Quebec is specifically with regard to taking care of its children.

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