It depends on where you are. In a lot of parts of the world, you're better off paying out of pocket. I would say not just in the developing world -- even out-of

It depends on where you are. In a lot of parts of the world, you're better off paying out of pocket. I would say not just in the developing world -- even out-of-pocket fees for foreigners not covered by social medicine in the EU didn't strike me as being egregious or unaffordable. Then again, perhaps I was comparing them to the insanity in the US.