• SnuggleSnail@ani.social
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    11 months ago

    Isn’t it cheaper to fly to Europe, visit a doctor, and fly back instead of going to the ER?

    Also for “normal” treatments. Getting a baby costs like $2000 in Germany without insurance. Plus flight and hotel for two months you are still far below 10K in total cost. 😁

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        11 months ago

        Is that safe? My knowledge of Columbia is limited to what I learned watching Narcos on Netflix. But it did not look like a medically advanced country.

        I used the power of search engines. Looks like I’m the big cities, health care is quite adequate. Have a nice trip!

        Dental work is often also not covered in the standard insurance in Germany. You either have to get an extra insurance, or you pay out of pocket, or you live with the condition (all serious things are covered, cosmetics often are not). But even then the cost is usually on the hundreds, sometimes in the thousands. 40,000 is more than the average person earns here 🙃

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          11 months ago

          Best not to base your understanding of a country on a fictional depiction of what a small part of it was like 35 years ago.

    • qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.one
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      Isn’t it cheaper to fly to Europe, visit a doctor, and fly back instead of going to the ER?

      I mean, yes, but in the case of flying to another country, you need the money up front. In the US, if you can get into the ER (some people do in fact get rejected), you don’t have to pay the out-of-pocket expenses until after.