voracitude@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
If you can’t afford health insurance then you don’t have everything ready to go. Myself, I’m holding my job to keep my health insurance until my business can support my family and our needs. It’s a bastard and a half but worst case, I’ve still got my job.
But if all you need is money, do you have a way to get some to pay for health insurance in the interim? Do a tiny “family and friends” seed round for six months runway, or however long you think you’d need?
GiddyGap@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Yeah, that’s also what I’m thinking. It’s just so sad that the US healthcare system is the thing that’s holding back business. Seems counterintuitive. I was just hoping someone knew of a good workaround.
I guess one option is to save more and risk losing the business opportunity.
OsaErisXero@kbin.run 5 weeks ago
It's holding back your business. The wealthy do not have this problem.
This is working as designed.
bamfic@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
barrier to entry
jonne@infosec.pub 5 weeks ago
Could you do your startup in a different country?
sparkle@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
The only practical option I could think of to do this is to utilize the DAFT agreement between the Netherlands and the US – pretty much every European country has a self-employment visa/permit with lax requirements too though (usually they only require you have like 10-20K€ stored in a government bank account that you aren’t allowed to withdraw from).
An issue with this is that, on such visas, you have to have your own private insurance and can’t rely on the government’s welfare/social safety whatsoever, or else your visa won’t get renewed. Of course the healthcare will still be affordable unlike in the US, but it’s something to keep in mind.