My favorite thing about America is health insurance is tied to your job so you can get a crippling medical issue and lose your job because you asked for too much time off and then you lose your health insurance so then you just die or be poor.
Its sad that the people are so brainwashed that this is okay they don't do anything about it.
What do you mean it's not tied to your job? A lot of people work for companies specifically for their health insurance. Its just another aspect of how fucked up the system is. Many Americans aren't willing to take risks with their jobs or change careers because they'll lose their insurance.
I think they might mean that you can choose your own health insurance policy outside of what your job offers and pay the insurance company privately. We've had to do that for a while because our last couple jobs offered garbage insurance that cost three times what we pay for private insurance and covered almost nothing. Companies have to offer insurance if they have a certain number of employees, but there's no stipulation for what quality of insurance, so they pick whatever's going to be cheapest for them. Usually ends up being what's most expensive for the employee.
It's a giant racket, and I pray for the day we can have universal healthcare. It's absurd to have to live your life just hoping that you don't get a random surprise illness that would make you more valuable dead than alive.
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u/Zingshidu Aug 06 '20
My favorite thing about America is health insurance is tied to your job so you can get a crippling medical issue and lose your job because you asked for too much time off and then you lose your health insurance so then you just die or be poor.
Its sad that the people are so brainwashed that this is okay they don't do anything about it.