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Absolutely vital information for Americans. That we need this is one of the reasons I don't live in my native country anymore.

• mxz3000 7y ago
  It's ridiculous anyone should have to think about this at all. I'm happy to be European right about now.
  • ycombonator 7y ago
    Soon you will wish you were American. Who is going to pay for the health care of millions of non-working economic refugees that are pouring into Europe. Germany can only pay Erdogan to stop the inflow for a few years. Then what
    • llukas 7y ago
      Who pays for uncollectible medical debt in US?
    • dang 7y ago
      Please stop taking HN threads further into ideological or political flamewar. We ban accounts that do that. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  • Ididntdothis 7y ago
    In Germany you go to a hospital, get treated and don't have to worry about surprise billing. It's hard to believe that the country accepts this.
  • disabled 7y ago
    I am happy to be both a US|Croatian (European Union) citizen, as somebody with 2 rare immune-mediated neurological diseases affecting my peripheral nervous system. I have tried 10 different treatments, plus combinations of them, with only one thing working: a blood product that I must self administer. If the healthcare law gets overturned in the US, I have no choice but to head off to Europe.