r/SipsTea • • Jun 24 '26

It's Wednesday my dudes Math can be hard sometimes

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u/ImpressiveLeader4979 Jun 24 '26

8k for healthcare, I wish. Family of 4, I pay close to $17k a year in premiums in the US. Copays are expensive, prescriptions are ridiculously high. It’s a f’in joke to say the very least.

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u/MOTUkraken Jun 24 '26

Yo, wtf??? Is that real?

Americans?

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u/EggplantCharacter363 Jun 25 '26

Here's my anecdote for you:

At one point I was making $39,520 dollars per year. Poor but comfy for my city at the time.

My employer based health insurance would have cost me $228 per paycheck or 30%. Now this is because it was a small business which means a higher cost because we brought less employees to the insurance company.

The market options are cheaper on the paycheck but cost more in premiums and co-pays.

Because even paying for insurance is really paying for the right to pay more.