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If you're getting $$$k in salary, you're also almost certainly getting top notch medical insurance.

Also, you don't need private insurance when you're 67, that's what Medicare is for.

And you pay for Medicare after you are eligible for it. My dad just hit Medicare age and was surprised to find out he gets to pay for it.

It's not $8,000 a month though. I'd still take a developer career in the US over Europe any day.

Well, it is a number adp.com (site which helps to manage your retirement/payroll data) tells me.

Seems like the absolute maximum for that is a bit over $1k/month, and that's only if you didn't Medicare taxes for less 10 years, have an income of over $214k/year and get the most expensive part C and part D coverage. A typical amount would be roughly $200/month, less than even someone in their early 20s would typically pay for health insurance.

That’s the number adp.com gave me. Note that it’s like 35 years from now and yes, it includes (I think) C and D parts. Of course a lot of things may change in the next 35 years.

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