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Travel insurance is cheap, effective, and available for europeans to purchase in their contry of residence. Using the health services of another country and ref
by abigail95 2y ago
Travel insurance is cheap, effective, and available for europeans to purchase in their contry of residence. Using the health services of another country and refusing to pay in an asshole move.
- mancerayder 2y agoPeople don't like price gouging. If you get into a taxi where somehow there's a misunderstanding about the price or opaqueness when you get in, and suddenly when it's time to get out there's some crazy price the driver is requesting, that makes you feel cheated, well you'll feel like not paying or going to the police. These things happen all the time when traveling. Why do health services somehow get a free ticket to cheat? The numbers, thousands of dollars, are astronomical and never is there an attempt to rationalize it. It just is.
- tredre3 2y ago> Why do health services somehow get a free ticket to cheat? In the vast majority of western countries, a tourist would need to pay more than 250usd to receive the services described by GP. Even when a country has UHC it rarely(never?) covers tourists. A quick google suggests prices in the 1000-3000usd range for Canada, the UK, and Germany, for example (an ER visit with blood tests + follow up). It's just expensive to provide urgent care and tests. Not having travel insurance (fairly cheap!) and then refusing to pay for services is, indeed, a dick move.