Re:Media Can’t Stop Presenting Horrifying Stories as ‘Uplift...
by badpun on Sunday August 18, 2019 @02:39PM
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> So I'd expect that insurance would have gotten the bill in case emergency aid would have become necessary.
In Poland, if you don't pay, then in theory the hospital bill comes to you (as otherwise, there would be no penalty for not paying). In reality, 99.9% is insured one way or another and it's really hard to find someone who actually did not pay the insurance and needed serious/expensive medical help to see what actually happened in his/her case - I've never heard of anyone like that. Also, our consitution says that "the authorities provide equal access to publicly funded medical care, regardless of one's financial situation". Which IMO makes the whole system unconstitutional, but no one bothered to challenge it yet.
In Poland, if you don't pay, then in theory the hospital bill comes to you (as otherwise, there would be no penalty for not paying). In reality, 99.9% is insured one way or another and it's really hard to find someone who actually did not pay the insurance and needed serious/expensive medical help to see what actually happened in his/her case - I've never heard of anyone like that. Also, our consitution says that "the authorities provide equal access to publicly funded medical care, regardless of one's financial situation". Which IMO makes the whole system unconstitutional, but no one bothered to challenge it yet.