the ability to just take a few months off and burn your savings is increasingly not viable.
Universal healthcare would help here.
the ability to just take a few months off and burn your savings is increasingly not viable.
Universal healthcare would help here.
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Sure but that’s only a piece of the puzzle. Housing, food, and general living costs are so insane now that any decent savings would be obliterated much more quickly. UBI would be a better solution here, but that’s almost a pipedream at this point.
Serinus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The idea is that the biggest barrier to entry for small business and entrepreneurship is healthcare.
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Um I disagree. The biggest barrier is having the capital to do the thing. I think a number of states have a reduced/free option if your income is below the poverty line (calculated as having low or negative income in the startup phase, not necessarily based on assets), or being lucky enough to have a spouse with healthcare. That said, it’s entirely doable to go without healthcare, albeit risky. I started a contracting company 3 years ago with almost no money and the tools I had from my apprentice/jman years, and still don’t have health insurance, though I’m hoping to get some later this year.