laptopcoffee

Where they finding $20 a month health insurance???

When Hubby had a job that offered insurance, it was gonna be $700+ per month for the 4 of us.

There is NO HEATING listed on that budget & heat usually includes the gas for cooking & hot water, unless they have a really nice electric range and 100% electric water heater. A $600/month apartment probably won’t have those.

Cable & phone looks too low. Internet in my area is $80+/ month without even a minimal cable package & nowadays phone is separate because cell phones which are about $40/ month for each person.

daydreamingwriter

They are legit trying to pretend this is normal what the fuck is wrong with these people

mamafriesmeal

Why does everything I see never point out that this budget doesn’t include FOOD.

kneegoshe8

Also doesn’t include insurance deductibles (which are around 3K) and co-payments (which are 20-35 bucks PER visit)

cromulentenough

wtf is up with phone and internet prices in america? like, it’s around £20 including line rental for the landline here for regular non fibre optic broadband, or around £30-40 per month for fibre optic. and i pay like £8 a month for my mobile phone bill, when i was still paying off my phone itself it was like £25 but you don’t need to always have a new phone, once you pay off your phone then just pay for the SIM?

mitigatedchaos

America lets cable companies sign deals with municipalities to prohibit competition, and is also way sparser than Britain.