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I've lived for many years each in the UK, Australia and the US. I've worked as a healthcare provider for many years in the US. I would dearly love to know what "costs" of healthcare you are looking at when you say the US is preferable enough to actually move to/be in/stay in the US. Because when I can have higher end insurance from my employer, and still be out $9K for a kidney stone after insurance, I'm not seeing i…
> I would dearly love to know what "costs" of healthcare you are looking at when you say the US is preferable enough to actually move to/be in/stay in the US. Autism care for children. I'm looking at $15-30k a year for a service such as speech therapy. Minimum of 6-month wait time. US? Free. Wait time? Immediate (not hyperbole). We routinely keep track of this. It has not improved at all.
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#121As someone with friends who have children with autism and complex support needs, knowing their challenges, I would say that's a great thing - but definitely varies from region to region. Finding a speech therapist for one's largely non-verbal 14 year old son has been challenging - although I'm going to a party today to celebrate his older sister's graduation from university, now a speech therapist.