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Seeing a doctor can be expensive and inconvenient (another form of expensive).
by robbiemitchell 10y ago
Seeing a doctor can be expensive and inconvenient (another form of expensive).
- tyfon 10y agoI can understand inconvenient, but expensive? Even in the US where you actually have to pay for medical stuff, it can't be more than $10 or so for a quick consultation?
- Anderkent 10y agoDepends on whether you count opportunity costs under 'inconvenient' or 'expensive', I guess. If you have to take time off work to travel to a doctor, wait for an appointment, etc, that's all costs.
- jmmcd 10y agoDunno about the US, but in Ireland it is EUR60 for a 10-minute GP visit.
- xapata 10y agoNot everyone has that kind of insurance. You also have no idea of the cost of various diagnostic actions they might take. I once had blood drawn and got charged $600 for it because the lab they chose was out of network. I didn't even know there was a cost, let alone which labs to request.
- huehehue 10y ago$150 to have a nurse put a popsicle stick on my tongue and tell me that my throat infection would probably go away on its own.
- Lordarminius 10y ago> $150 to have a nurse put a popsicle stick on my tongue and tell me that my throat infection would probably go away on its own. Or you could see it this way : $150 to have a nurse put a popsicle stick on your tongue and tell you that you are very lucky to have presented today because you have a suspicious growth - which on examination turns out to be a rare form of cancer that is easily cured if detected early, but most certainly fatal otherwise
- mustacheemperor 10y ago>it can't be more than $10 or so for a quick consultation It's times like this I realize just how different the rest of the world is.