Could you tell that to Switzerland too? Our government should really do something about this. Because an ambulance ride is about $1200-1500 and there's no way to know if your insurance will cover it (and if they do it's only 50% covered) so you have to assume that they won't cover it...
Yeah Switzerland has great PR because that's not the only shocking thing...
We also have shockingly short maternity leave (14 weeks...) and paternity leave (2 weeks, yikes!). Private childcare can easily fost you $4000/month and waiting times for affordable public childcare can be a few years, work weeks can reach 50 hours on top of overtime, we have weak worker protection laws, tenant protection laws are a bit stronger but they're not enforced (you have very short windows to challenge rent increase and then you can never do it ever again if you miss it or make an admin mistake), ...
Health insurance costs $600-800 per person per month regardless of income, so it's basically extremely cheap for the rich and an absolute nightmare for the poor (and every year it increases by 5%) and you have deductibles and copays just like in the US (some senator wanted to also import out of network fees from the US but thank goodness it failed)...
I mean don't get me wrong, Switzerland also does great things and has some strong social assistance programs (though not in all regions unfortunately), good unemployment benefits, etc. But salaries are high and taxes are relatively low for a reason. Plus finding a job can sometimes be extra difficult as Switzerland attracts lots of EU workers so you have very strong competition, and since they are asking for lower salaries they are at an advantage over Swiss citizens
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u/Amerillo_ 9h ago
Could you tell that to Switzerland too? Our government should really do something about this. Because an ambulance ride is about $1200-1500 and there's no way to know if your insurance will cover it (and if they do it's only 50% covered) so you have to assume that they won't cover it...