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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is nice to not have to worry about health care and have work - life balance. When you are sick, you can see a doctor and stay home until you are better. When your kid is sick, you can take off work and stay home. If you end up unemployed for a while, you still have health care. It’s okay to take three weeks off to travel to Thailand or spend summer at the lake house. Enjoying nature is a way of life and relaxation a priority. Now you may live in a smaller apartment or house, and if you are a 1%er your life would probably be more luxurious in the US, but for the average middle class family, life is much more relaxed in Scandinavia (and some other European countries).

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The average middle class American can absolutely take sick leave and doesn’t have to worry about health care.  60 percent of Americans have healthcare through their employer and this is excluding kids, retirees etc.  They also have vacation.

They cannot take 3 weeks off to travel but I only have one friend in a Scandinavian country who can do this and it’s because she is a HS teacher.  [/quote]

That sounds great! Now tell us what percentage of Americans actually fit this profile?  Note, too, that having healthcare is not always the same thing as having adequate healthcare.  [/quote]

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