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Same in Ireland but a trip to the emergency room (including ambulance if you need it) sets you back €100 euro which is about $110 USD.
2nd last time I was in one there was an American couple across from us whose daughter had gone into a seizure in their hotel. We ended up chatting a good bit and I honestly was very glad for them that they weren't paying American pricing.
Last time I was in one we had a referral from our doctor so it was free (there's a filtering process to stop people with a cold coming to emergency) Included an MRI for my daughter and we've a follow up coming. Again all free.
So when you say it's not free, it's strictly true but holy moly the difference in potentially life destroying cost and not having to weigh that up. It saves lives.
In Germany you would need to pay a copay for the ambulance between 5-10€, the emergency room would be fully covered. Only if you get admitted you would be charged a copay of 10€/day up to 30 days a year. For prescription medications there is also a copay between 5-10€ for each of them.
All Co-Pays are capped at 2% of your yearly income, or 1% if you suffer from chronic diseases
My son was in the hospital for 4 days and the charge was $20,000.
The ER visit before admitting was a separate $2,000 charge.
We have insurance, so we only had to pay around $8,000 out of pocket. It would have been less, but some of the people in the hospital didn't take our insurance, and our insurance also said that some procedures were overpriced so they only paid the amount they thought was fair.
We didn't get to pick any of the people who provided care, and we were not presented with the ability to negotiate on prices to make sure our insurance wasn't being taken advantage of while they were doing respiratory therapy on our baby.
Our entire system needs to be torn the fuck down and be replaced with something entirely free. I don't even give a fuck about people abusing the system at this point. Fuck it, let it cover elective cosmetic surgery. Never say no to anyone unless the doctor says it first.
My taxes will go up, but I can fucking promise they won't go up by as much as I'd be saving in premium.
Because of right, I pay hundreds of dollars a month for the insurance that then only pays once I get fucked hard enough, and then still doesn't pay for all of it.
Fuck the entire industry, fire them all and seize their assets.
And I'm well off compared to a lot of people.
Better yet, have Mario pay them a visit. They have more than earned it! 👹