$26000?? In Germany, which is neither known for a bad nor for a cheap health care system, the maximum a person is able to pay is 11299.68 € regardless of the number of family members who are included. Ok - if both parents are working the family might pay up to 22599.36 €, but only if both parents were earning more than the cut-off. The majority of people pays far less.
Wait, am I reading this correctly? When you say 11299.68, that includes not only the person working, but also their spouse and children??? How much does that cover?
Right now, I’m lucky to have possibly the best healthcare plan in the US through my wife’s job. She was able to add me to her plan for $8580 per year, but it fully covers almost everything with no deductible - something basically unheard of in the US. In comparison, the cheapest marketplace plan I could have gotten would have been something like $8400 per year, with an $8500 deductible, and then it only would have covered 25% of expenses after that. Before I got on her plan, it usually cost me $300 to see a doctor for a regular cold. I’m in my 30s, a normal weight, reasonably fit, and don’t have any health problems other than occasional acid reflux. Under my previous plan, the pharmacy was going to charge me $980 to get a 2 month supply of acid reflux medication (40 mg esomeprazole magnesium tablets). So much winning living in the US. 🙄
In America, the AVERAGE is $26000. That’s for middle of the road insurance for a family. I have multiple friends whose entire family pays well over 30k - 35k a year for medical insurance (2,800 a month)
$26000?? In Germany, which is neither known for a bad nor for a cheap health care system, the maximum a person is able to pay is 11299.68 € regardless of the number of family members who are included. Ok - if both parents are working the family might pay up to 22599.36 €, but only if both parents were earning more than the cut-off. The majority of people pays far less.
Wait, am I reading this correctly? When you say 11299.68, that includes not only the person working, but also their spouse and children??? How much does that cover?
Right now, I’m lucky to have possibly the best healthcare plan in the US through my wife’s job. She was able to add me to her plan for $8580 per year, but it fully covers almost everything with no deductible - something basically unheard of in the US. In comparison, the cheapest marketplace plan I could have gotten would have been something like $8400 per year, with an $8500 deductible, and then it only would have covered 25% of expenses after that. Before I got on her plan, it usually cost me $300 to see a doctor for a regular cold. I’m in my 30s, a normal weight, reasonably fit, and don’t have any health problems other than occasional acid reflux. Under my previous plan, the pharmacy was going to charge me $980 to get a 2 month supply of acid reflux medication (40 mg esomeprazole magnesium tablets). So much winning living in the US. 🙄
In America, the AVERAGE is $26000. That’s for middle of the road insurance for a family. I have multiple friends whose entire family pays well over 30k - 35k a year for medical insurance (2,800 a month)