Also of note: when you're insured with a public health insurance in Germany, a spouse and kids without income of their own are automatically insured as well, without extra cost.
We can purchase insurance from state (ACA state) or federal exchange (non-Aca state), and also from the companies themselves. The cost will be either $0-1500+ Per month per person, yeah it varies a bit. Many employers will charge about $50-150 per month and subsidize the rest.
There are also high deductible plans that they are paying though, but they usually have a $3000-6000+ deductible per person, these are not good if you want to have kids or have a family history of chronic illness.
In my opinion the whole system is a huge inconsistent mess though. They will literally send you bills for hundreds of dollars (got a $350 therapist bill a few months ago) and I had to call them up an very politely tell them that yes I do have insurance with the credit card history to prove I’ve been paying the premiums, and to very politely fuck off.
The bill went away.
But for the sake of comparison I don't have the impression that US health care costs are much worse than in Germany. Certainly not to the extent the internet wants to make one believe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_hea...
