Could you do your startup in a different country?
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.
jonne@infosec.pub 5 weeks ago
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.
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