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Well nothing much to imagine. It's true in most of the world that decent hospital treatment for serious ailment can bankrupt people. Now it is different in some
by geodel 8y ago
Well nothing much to imagine. It's true in most of the world that decent hospital treatment for serious ailment can bankrupt people. Now it is different in some rich european countries. But people here somehow behave as if apart from US one can get top notch hospital care anywhere in world without severe financial consequences.
I have seen here many who visit from US singing paeans for excellent healthcare in third world nation like India. It mainly works because 1) Whats very cheap for people in US is still very good amount of money there. 2) Local hospitals there would not dare ripping off Americans as it can cause great reputational harm if that incident ever covered by first world media.
However for locals these hospitals behave in absolutely atrocious and corrupt manner. And anyone not in top 5% in wealth pyramid will be ruined financially by treatment expenses.
- jellicle 8y agoMeh, it's the norm in developed nations that medical care will not bankrupt you, period. You can fall off a cliff and break every bone in your body and in any of the green countries here, your out of pocket costs will be minimal: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/06/heres-a-map-of-the-countries-that-provide-universal-health-care-americas-still-not-on-it/259153/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/06/he... It's not the norm in the undeveloped countries, which admittedly have a lot of population, but is that really the standard the USA wants to compare itself to?
- elliekelly 8y agoEven in Saudi Arabia. The government might chop your hand off for stealing but even they take you to the hospital immediately and you won't go broke when you get the bill.
- thatfrenchguy 8y agoWikipedia says this is actually most of the world's population: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Universal_Health_Care_july_2018.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Universa...
- kodablah 8y agoGP specifically said "decent" and gave an example of it being "present" but not "decent" for locals, and you countered with a picture only showing "present" which doesn't dispute what the parent said at all.
- King-Aaron 8y agoAlthough which "first-world" nation, other than the United States, doesn't offer "decent" free public healthcare?