Healthcare needs to be dealt with too. How can GM ever compete if the Japanese Government pays healthcare for Toyota, Honda, etc. workers? Dito Germany for BMW, Mercedes……
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Don’t forget Hyundai/Kia. South Korea offers universal healthcare too. The kicker is, the program covers people of Korean ancestry (not living in Korea) too. For example, if you are of Korean ancestry and a citizen of US, you can still join the program. After paying monthly fee for a few months you become eligible to receive health care in South Korea.
I personally heard a story of a lady from Southern Cal who immigrated to US 20+ yrs ago from S Korea. She felt unexplained pains but had no health insurance. So she went over to Korea and joined the program. After 1 or 2 months, she became eligible to get coverage, got some test done and turned out she had cancer. It required surgery and 10-day hospitalization. I’m not sure if she stayed for chemo/radiation but I did hear she paid $700 out of pocket for the surgery and 10 day hospital stay, done in S Korea.
