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Also, almost anyone who wishes can, at any time, fly to a country that has affordable and efficient healthcare and be a customer. I have friends (Americans) wh
by sneak 3y ago
Also, almost anyone who wishes can, at any time, fly to a country that has affordable and efficient healthcare and be a customer.
I have friends (Americans) who have had procedures recently in South Korea, Turkiye, and Germany. Sometimes it's just easier and faster, and isn't that expensive even if you don't use insurance.
- adastra22 3y agoThat's why I'm in Taiwan right now :)
- tenpies 3y agoI'm honestly surprised there is not an entire class of insurance programs for people who happen to live in a jurisdiction that has basically said "we would rather you die on a wait list than allow private healthcare" (e.g. British Columbia in Canada[1]). That insurance would cover healthcare abroad, maybe constrained to certain geographies and conditions. Unlike travel insurance it would assume that your care abroad is necessary due to a lack of services in your home jurisdiction. Perhaps the actuarial data is hard to collect, but I suspect it would be a booming business as most countries with socialised system seem to be heading towards a total decline, if not outright collapse. --- [1] https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/b-c-upholds-ban-on-private-health-care-clinics-but-case-expected-to-go-to-supreme-court https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/b-c-upholds-ban-on-priv...