Des Moines worker moving to Germany for better health care [View all]

https://iowastartingline.com/2026/04/22/des-moines-worker-moving-to-germany-for-better-health-care/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Iowa%20Worker%27s%20Almanac%204-22-26&utm_term=Iowa%20Starting%20Line%20-%20Workers%20Almanac

I am of the opinion that health care is absolutely burning below the surface this election cycle as the worthless press covers Trump, Trump, Trump. Here is an excerpt:

I was chatting with Matthew Peirce about being laid off from his job at a small insurance company in Des Moines recently, when he dropped this bombshell:

“I’m moving to Germany,” he said, noting his plan was to leave in May. “I’m done.”

His job was automated out, but he’s not upset with the company as much as he hates that changing jobs in America means finding one with good health insurance, too.

And he knows, from spending 18 months in Germany years ago, that he can get better care for less money in that country—without it being tied to where he’s working.