TyrionsNose

joined 2 years ago
[–] TyrionsNose@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Sounds like you have a “low premium” high deductible plan. I had one of those. Where I paid every dollar until I hit $3.5K and then 20% until hit $7k and then paid nothing. I can see where you could get to $86k. I’d start looking for a job that comes with a better health plan. I now pay $400 a month and $20 co-pay here and there.

That’s a symptom of our system. There’s so many different plans and options, and it’s further obfuscated behind your company doing all the negotiating that it’s not actually a free market. We would be better off going to a single payer system.

[–] TyrionsNose@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

And Healthcare in the USA is between 18-20%.

[–] TyrionsNose@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (5 children)

That’s not the problem with the healthcare in the US, because that eventually flips and you hit your deductible every year.

The problem is you lose healthcare if you need to quit your job and you pay more than any other country. And I attribute that simply to the middle man, aka the health insurance companies. They don’t seem to provide any benefit other than contributing at least 10% for pure profit reasons to the $3.4 trillion we spend every year on healthcare.

[–] TyrionsNose@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s for the opposite of what that person said. It’s for the people who also want their neighbors to maintain their property. Whether that’s through hiring contractors or doing it themselves.

[–] TyrionsNose@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think this works for some job positions, and probably most.

I’m looking for an engineer right now. I’ll take a young one to train up, but I’ll also take an experienced engineer that I don’t have to do anything.

That pay range is pretty broad.

[–] TyrionsNose@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The most harmful aspect is the unrealistic expectations it can set. In general, sex in porn is nothing like real life sex between two folks in love.

But that can be solved by decent sex education.

[–] TyrionsNose@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

You’re not wrong, but that only applies to teachers in low cost of living areas. High cost of living teachers start at $55k these days.

I also wonder how it would work. My wife clocks in when she gets to school and clocks out when she leaves, but she still lesson plans and grades papers at home.

[–] TyrionsNose@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I get what you’re saying. The money from $60k to $100k just goes into the things you should be able to afford at $60k.

At $100k you can afford to contribute to your 401k, start a small contribution towards your children’s college fund, pay random bills, afford a Toyota Camry instead of a Corolla, moderate vacations, etc.

I had the same experience and it was humbling. But you also slowly forget exactly how tough it was looking at your bank account and knowing there was a bill not getting paid that month.

[–] TyrionsNose@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don’t know about the UK but in the USA slavery was abolished in the 1865, but equal rights weren’t granted until 1965. All the states were not in full compliance until the early 1970s. You could easily argue there are people still alive today directly affected by slavery.

Making slavery illegal doesn’t mean everyone suddenly starts hugging in the streets and bigotry is abolished. I’m sure these same sentiments persisted in UK but hopefully not as long as it did in the USA.

[–] TyrionsNose@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What’s wrong with Signal besides requiring a phone number?

[–] TyrionsNose@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

That’s my point. Let people make that decision if they want it for free with no privacy or paid with privacy.

It’s a scam how much we are tracked without real consent and/or compensation.

[–] TyrionsNose@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

That we are not paid for our browsing data, app data, etc.

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