>>1997021My healthcare is unironically awesome
I can go to any specialist without referrals, 95% of doctors are covered, and copays are $20 a visit (they were $5 prior). I've never ever ever had to pay out of pocket for anything other than prescriptions and even that was cheap. It includes dental and vision which also covers everything including surgeries and orthodontics. It's $140 a month for a family of 4 and $80 a month for myself (my taxes are 35% avg between city state and federal inc. SSI and Medicare as single...and that's also including me putting 10% of my pre tax pay into a Roth IRA every check called NYS Deferred Compensation which is a easy). US Govt/State Worker healthcare is not the horror stories you see veterans or white collar wagies deal with...they usually get the best healthcare of anyone making under $200,000. I actually work with people who had children that needed multiple surgeries for issues during child birth and they paid zero out of pocket (and people that own businesses and work as paper pickers/jannys here for the healthcare)
And I doubt Euro countries give 3 months off. Take the hours there, add them up, divide by 8 (8 hour work day) and then divide that by 5 (5 day work week). That pic shows I have theoretically up to 6 weeks off (128+28) + 1 week paid sick (40). The comp time is another 11 days (2 weeks 1 day) I can take off on top from converting my OT into time off.
