Re:The US is the most expensive nation in which to have a baby
by coldtea on Saturday January 20, 2018 @09:54AM
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I was in the US once, and had developed a cyst on my finger that hurt (due to the pressure of the liquid inside -- could have been a ganglion cyst).
What you do with those, is you burst them open to relief the pressure, clear the liquid inside (white cells and such) and put some disinfectant. In my (Western European) country it's a trivial 10 seconds operation every pharmacy is authorized to do.
So I go asked at a pharmacy/drugstore for that (probably a Walgreens) -- and they said they weren't allowed to do it and that I should ask at a clinic. I asked how much it would cost for this, if I went at one, and they told me about $150.
Yeah, right.
I just went on and bought a regular clothespin from that pharmacy, burned it with a lighter to disinfect it, and burst the cyst myself...
(And it's not about government mandated insurance vs "really free market" and such. We have mandatory insurance were we are, and the prices for all kinds of operations, both with and without insurance coverage, are still way lower).
What you do with those, is you burst them open to relief the pressure, clear the liquid inside (white cells and such) and put some disinfectant. In my (Western European) country it's a trivial 10 seconds operation every pharmacy is authorized to do.
So I go asked at a pharmacy/drugstore for that (probably a Walgreens) -- and they said they weren't allowed to do it and that I should ask at a clinic. I asked how much it would cost for this, if I went at one, and they told me about $150.
Yeah, right.
I just went on and bought a regular clothespin from that pharmacy, burned it with a lighter to disinfect it, and burst the cyst myself...
(And it's not about government mandated insurance vs "really free market" and such. We have mandatory insurance were we are, and the prices for all kinds of operations, both with and without insurance coverage, are still way lower).