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€500 is still something many people can pay in Germany, 5k isn't something the average American can foot (with no treatment to boot). It's not at all a comparab
by tunbgeetf 8y ago
€500 is still something many people can pay in Germany, 5k isn't something the average American can foot (with no treatment to boot). It's not at all a comparable complaint.
IIRC an ambulance ride in the US is 10-20k, that's indicative of just how much more medical care costs over there.
- JesseWright 8y agoI have never heard of an ambulance ride costing anywhere _near_ $10K-$20K. The average, out-of-pocket price of an ambulance ride is much closer to $1000 - and often less. New York's 2012 fee schedule offers a good example: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/fdny/downloads/pdf/about/fee-schedule-ambulance.pdf https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/fdny/downloads/pdf/about/fee-sch...
- Arnt 8y agoSure, there's an extra digit. Much US healthcare seems to suffer from Extra Digit Syndrome. What might be similar that the billable item is not the costly item. Of course I don't know the first thing about US health care costs (as opposed to billable items).