Sweden gives employees unpaid time off to be entrepreneurs (2019)

Re:Sweden gives employees unpaid time off to be entrepreneur... by harikb on Saturday February 15, 2020 @06:37PM (#22338811)

I just spent two hours today to wait at an “urgent care” facility in southbay (my regular doctor of 20 years! wouldn’t give me an apt after several days of trying). I think I owe north of $400+ for this one time visit because I am in the early phase of a high-deductible plan. But I haven’t got my bill yet. After the two hour wait, I didn’t even get to see a doctor, but a Physician Assistant. So much for my private plan..

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Re:Sweden gives employees unpaid time off to be entrepreneur... by Mirioron on Saturday February 15, 2020 @08:38PM (#22339293)

I think this is the biggest issue with private healthcare. You pay a lot of money for it, yet you can still end up with subpar care and extra charges for out of network professionals

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Re:Sweden gives employees unpaid time off to be entrepreneur... by winrid on Monday February 17, 2020 @04:06AM (#22346448)

This was one interesting thing about my visit to China. Pay $25, see a doctor right away. In fact you can pick how good of a doctor you want to see (prices on the wall at the hospital I was at). This wasn't a small place - it's probably comparable to Kaiser in Redwood City.

In contrast when I was in a much much smaller "community" hospital in China I just walked in, talked to the lady at the desk, and she gave me a prescription. No temperature taking or anything...

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Re:Sweden gives employees unpaid time off to be entrepreneur... by zeroonetwothree on Saturday February 15, 2020 @11:33PM (#22339790)

Well two hours < three months. I’ve had to wait longer for urgent care. If I can get it same day I’m happy.

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