Saints Row developer Volition shuts down after 30 years
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I've never understood people's willingness to put their healthcare into the hands of their employers. I may pay a hefty chunk out of pocket, but it gives me the freedom to know that I'll never be without medical coverage so long as my bank account isn't empty. Makes it real easy to weather something like a contract getting canceled or an employer being otherwise retarded.
This is why. Its not a lazy choice. Its a "its the only affordable option" choice. Most people wouldn't have any insurance if not for the "give us 7$ per check and your family is covered" monthly options employers offer, compared to the average of 560$ a month for private.
Lefties may be retards with bad solutions, but they aren't wrong that healthcare in America is absurdly expensive and well beyond the ability of most families to pay without employer coverage at 99% cheaper than personal coverage.
Sure, but people in my line of work who make damn good money do it to themselves as well. I just can't wrap my head around putting yourself in such a vulnerable position if you have the reasonable option to not do so.
Unless your line of work is leveraging paychecks massive enough to be far beyond what us peasants can comprehend, I don't think 560$~ dollars a month is a reasonable option for most anyone. And that's just for a single person, a regular nuclear family would be pushing 2000 a month there. That's around most people's mortgage.
I get your position and I agree with it in principle. But I don't think even people making damn good money can just throw away that kind of change when the alternatives are an entire house.
That's what I'm saying. My peer group is making that kind of money and still chooses to make themselves vulnerable. It baffles me.
On the flip side, mortgages around here are closer to $6,000 per month. So shit's fucked one way or another.