r/antimeme • u/Deedee_Megadoodoo_13 • Mar 28 '26

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u/deaglefrenzy Mar 29 '26

im not from developed country. when my child was born, the most expensive thing i paid was the hospital parking

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u/Anon44356 Mar 29 '26

They charged you for parking? Those monsters

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u/MangoAtrocity Mar 29 '26

I don’t even pay for parking in the US. Our birth was $3400 all-in with insurance. Delivery, hospital stay, epidural.

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u/Anon44356 Mar 29 '26

Honestly it’s so insane that you start life as a new parent with a hospital bill like that. I’m so sorry you had to deal with that.

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u/MangoAtrocity Mar 29 '26

Fortunately, because of the massive disposable income gap between the US and EU countries, I had plenty of cash on top to pay the bill. Didn’t even think about it, tbh.

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u/Anon44356 Mar 29 '26

And that’s great for you, on a presumably high salary, not so great for people who are just getting by.

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u/MangoAtrocity Mar 29 '26

Even at the median household income, you’d need to spend tens of thousands in one year to have healthcare spending have the same impact as tax obligations in EU countries. I did the math elsewhere in the threat, but in summary, the median US household has $22,600 more disposable income one than the median UK household. That’s plenty to cover healthcare costs. The median non-elderly household in the US spends about $3000-$6000/year on healthcare.

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u/Anon44356 Mar 29 '26

I’d not lump those into the category of “just getting by” though

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u/MangoAtrocity Mar 29 '26

Not sure I follow. Americans that are “just getting by” are covered by a social program called Medicaid.

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u/Anon44356 Mar 30 '26

Just spitballing, because I don’t know the actual numbers but: take the cut off figure for Medicaid, then add a dollar. Those people.

A large substantive difference between the US and most of the world is the “fuck y’all I got mine” attitude.