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Yes-- we need price information. A family member (US citizen) lives in Europe and has free government health care there, but you often have to wait several mon
by jimmydddd 8y ago
Yes-- we need price information. A family member (US citizen) lives in Europe and has free government health care there, but you often have to wait several months to get treated. Instead of waiting, she thought she might just do needed cataract surgery in the US to get it done if it didn't cost too much. I called several medical centers that do cataract surgery for an estimate. Can't provide it. Can you give a ballpark range? No. Can you say if it's closer to $1k, $10k or $100k? No.
- dagw 8y agoInstead of waiting, she thought she might just do needed cataract surgery in the US Just about every country in Europe has private hospitals that will do non-emergency surgeries without wait if you pay. They'll also have no problem quoting you a fairly exact cost if you call them up.
- vsl 8y agoNot universally true. I can't get better care even if I pay for it, I'm only legally allowed to pay only for trivia; the only care available to me is the "free" (read: costing ~8% of my income in mandatory medical tax) one with, yes, months of waiting and nobody giving a damn about you. It's almost certainly better than the US system, but it's not all roses in EU either.
- dagw 8y agoI don't know where you are, but if nothing else there is nothing stopping you from getting on the next plane/train to Germany or wherever and having the operation done there.