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If you think standard medical care is bad, wait until you see the state of dentistry int he US. A two-barrel caulk gun costs $3 at a home-improvement warehouse
by jmillikin 17y ago
If you think standard medical care is bad, wait until you see the state of dentistry int he US.
A two-barrel caulk gun costs $3 at a home-improvement warehouse, but $250 if ordered through a medical supply catalog (with the same part number stamped on it). A dental handpiece costs $2500 to buy and $80 to repair in the US, but one can be bought new for $70 from China. And the Chinese ones work just as well, if not better.
For some reason, American dentists are remarkably risk-adverse; while they'll moan and complain about how high their bills are, they'll also refuse to consider any solution unless they've personally used it for 30 years. Just getting them to use computerized practice management is Sisyphean struggle.
- Retric 17y agoServices cost more in the US, but most stuff costs about the same or a little less. However, you get paid at the inflated services rate. Go to the correct US store and buy a 100LB bag of cheep rice and it will be cheaper than a lot of developing nations. But go to the dentist, doctor, or a restaurant and it's cheap in the developing world. Granted most things tend to be cheap where they are produced but as long as you avoid having other people do stuff for you living in the US can be extremely cheep. PS: A friend of mine who was making 46k/year in Fairfax VA, one of the more expensive areas to live in the United States, and saved 20,000$ in one year. He was living the life of an Indian college student in the US and that's cheep. He said the only downside was washing his own clothes, but he just dumped it in the machine so it was a trivial change.