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For just routine cleanings, sure. If you need work done it can get real expensive.

• disabled 6y ago
  Worst case scenario, you go abroad within the EU for that, and pay out of pocket. You just make sure to vet out the dentists well. Italians often go to Croatia for dental care. But, Poland has good cheap dental care too.
• eru 6y ago
  Hence me saying 'on average'. In a sane country, you can use insurance to convert variable payments into average payments (plus a bit of overhead). Or, you just self-insure for dental, if you make a reasonable amount of money or have some savings. (It's much more feasible for dental where the realistic maximum amounts are still quite small, compared to cancer treatment or similar.)
  • herbstein 6y ago
    > In a sane country, you can use insurance to convert variable payments into average payments Consider tax paid healthcare to be a public insurance plan that doesn't need to skim billion dollar profits from their "customers" then.
    • eru 6y ago
      Health insurers profits are a small fraction of overall healthcare spending. In general, I'd prefer services with competition and that you can opt out of. Having said that, Singapore's system works fairly well in practice. But it's not at all like eg the NHS.