Unfortunately that doesn’t follow the narrative that people here want to believe. I’m a strong supporter of most aspects of socialized medicine but im not going to pretend that the US system doesn’t have some (possibly many?) upsides.

This is categorically false for the US healthcare system for the vast majority of the country. There cost of US healthcare is obscenely (and unjustifiably) high but is of a very good quality and typically fast for most people.

Great post and always something I think about when I enter into conversations about (or post on topics related to) moving out of the country. Healthcare in the US has significant issues but I find the reality of the challenges to be greatly inflated by people posting on Reddit (or generally online). My career leads me to interact with injured people daily. The majority of these people make less than the median US income. Almost none of the people I interact with (<5%) express any insecurities about how they will obtain future medical care. I find it very interesting how so many people in the US expat community appear to want to pickup and move their lives primarily due to this issue.

$200k puts you in the top 3%-4% of earners in the country.