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Yes, but the EU does crazy things like offer, their citizens, free, healthcare, or low-cost healthcare. cries in American
by drivingmenuts 3y ago
Yes, 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