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Swede here: Yeah, Sweden tends to be romanticized by the american "progressives". As a swedish "rightist", you end up being in an annoying position. There's a l
by tpmx 7y ago
Swede here: Yeah, Sweden tends to be romanticized by the american "progressives". As a swedish "rightist", you end up being in an annoying position. There's a lot of stupid stuff that happens here, for sure.
That said, it seems like the really expensive/complicated healthcare needs gets taken care of in a competent way, "for free" (paid for via the taxes).
My then 73 yo mom had a tumor that was growing behind her left eye-ball being removed, two years ago. Zero complaints about that hole produdure, and the 10+ post-prodedure checks.
I spent a few hours googling the doctor that was going to perform this particular surgery on my mom - I was left with the impression that he was on the international fore-front on this particular procudure. He was doing a bunch of international speaking on the the topic. I saw videos of him lecturing hundreds of surgeons on particulars of this kind of procudure. Quite re-insuring.
(And yeah, my mom ended up being okay after the surgery.)
- dontdoitpls 7y agoThe worst insurance you can get + max out of pocket is 12,000usd per year. 10 or 20 procedures, still 12k. For the 10%ers/6 figure earners, this is 10% of the before tax income. For the 90% making 15-19$/hr, I can't even imagine managing this.
- PopeDotNinja 7y agoAnd that's assuming you can keep working. Getting fired or laid off because you can't work means you're no longer getting paid AND you now have to pay for the healthcare you can no longer afford. It's stupid.