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> Tens of thousands of people each year receive a series of shots to prevent rabies after a possible exposure. It normally costs between $1,200 and $6,800. Not
by dmarchuk 3y ago
> Tens of thousands of people each year receive a series of shots to prevent rabies after a possible exposure. It normally costs between $1,200 and $6,800. Not in this case.
Even that "normal" cost is absolutely crazy.
- 1letterunixname 3y agoMost Americans don't realize how bad they have it. They've grown accustomed to being punched and slapped around and so won't rebel. They'll keep giving all of what little and shrinking of what they have to legitimized criminals.
- xiphias2 3y agoHow? They don't have internet? Even in Zurich, Switzerland, one of the most expensive places and healthcares in the world, it's 85 CHF / shot: https://reisemedizin.uzh.ch/en/pre-travel_advice/rabies https://reisemedizin.uzh.ch/en/pre-travel_advice/rabies Emergency room is 50 CHF extra in non-emergency cases: https://www.thelocal.ch/20210617/emergency-room-visits-to-now-cost-50-francs-in-switzerland#:~:text=People%20who%20visit%20the%20emergency,approval%20for%20a%20rule%20change https://www.thelocal.ch/20210617/emergency-room-visits-to-no....
- jfengel 3y agoWe do have Internet, but we've gotten used to being told that the Internet lies to us. We've been repeatedly told that people wait months for treatment in the UK, and that Canadians are streaming over the border to get health care in America. We read horror stories like this one, but say "Whew, glad that won't happen to me." We imagine that because of capitalism, if our insurance company screws us over, we'll change to the next one -- freedom we wouldn't have if we had a national health care. It never seems to occur to us that all of the private insurers have a capitalism-driven goal of maximizing profits, and national insurers don't.