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Even plans offered by major technology companies vary significantly: I know of at least one person with 5 figure out-of-pocket annual medical costs at a FAANG. I think it would behoove you to think more generally: not everybody has the same familial structure as you. Some people live with their distant relatives because they act as (or need) caretakers, or come from cultures where a single familial household is the n…
And yet “billions of people” aren’t making anywhere near what tech salaries are and they manage. People are taking care of extended family owning a neighborhood convenience store. By the way, I’m not unsympathetic to people with long term medical conditions. While my situation isn’t serious, I was born with cerebral palsy and my parents put me through every type of therapy that you can imagine - speech, physical and…
I don't know how old you are, but it sounds like your parents benefited from a substantially more worker-friendly economy than most people in my generation do. Put another way: it's fantastic that your family was able to get you the help you needed, but I don't think that you experience is repeatable in 2023 ("keeping up with the Joneses" or not).