We paid $37B above market?

[panamaniac]

Wouldn't most high tech jobs in California have medical benefits?   In my experience, health care in the States is superb, as long as you are insured.

Even the best health care plans are full of deductibles. A visit to the dentist or doctor will run you in the hundreds of dollars in deductibles.

I never had that experience when I lived in the USA, as my Canadian public service plan covered everything except the co-pay for medications.  What I did find interesting was being questioned about my insurance coverage as part of determining whether to discount the price of services.  Not exactly "pro bono", but I was left with the impression that many doctors use the insurance coverage of their patients to reduce/subsidize costs to uninsured patients.  Bottom line, of course, it would be scary to not have adequate medical coverage while living in the States but, if you do, it is incredible how good the care can be.