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So it's a universal thing. I lived in a historical city near Rio de Janeiro, called Petrópolis. It has always impressed me how they do not had any homeless peop
by atum47 3y ago
So it's a universal thing. I lived in a historical city near Rio de Janeiro, called Petrópolis. It has always impressed me how they do not had any homeless people or stray dogs around the city. Later on I discovered that the city would rent a bus and send them all to Rio de Janeiro, making it their problem.
- em-bee 3y agonot a universal thing. in the EU such an action would be considered against the right to freedom of movement. there are places that offer help to those homeless that want to go back home. but they are not forced out of the city that they are staying in.
- drivingmenuts 3y agoYes, but the EU does crazy things like offer, their citizens, free, healthcare, or low-cost healthcare. cries in American
- em-bee 3y agohealthcare is neither free nor low-cost. but insurance is pretty much mandatory. if you don't have insurance however an emergency room visit for a minor injury can set you back $300 at least in one case that i saw. (because the injury was minor they left and found a cheaper hospital that only charged about $100)
- burnerburnito 3y agoI just want to share that a similar ER visit in the US for a minor injury basically isn't possible / reasonable. If your injury is minor and you're uninsured, you're going to be dumping potentially thousands of dollars just to receive some gauze and time, or an IV and being ignored for a couple hours. It's seriously unimaginable for most Americans to even consider an ER visit for something that's not life threatening or extremely severe. $300 is unimaginably cheap for any level of care. $100 is less than the cost of a 20 minute scheduled visit to an in-network doctor (before/without insurance, which tends to bring it down to about 10-30 dollars). It's so absurdly cheap that, while I get the spirit of suggesting it's not free, that's absolute, absurdly low-cost compared to America.
- hotpotamus 3y agoI know several people in the US who get free healthcare via the ER. I'm sure they get bills, but they just don't pay them. It's like the dumbest and most expensive free healthcare system in the world.
- simonsarris 3y agoThe American government spends more on public healthcare per capita than any other nation. https://data.oecd.org/healthres/health-spending.htm https://data.oecd.org/healthres/health-spending.htm