Re:Show HN: Healthcare Is Dumb
by SilasX on Friday August 28, 2020 @09:47PM
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Yes! Another indicator of how bad it is.
Relatedly, I like to joke that you can get a huge discount on delivering a pregnancy if you make sure you're on a European vacation when the baby comes due.
They'll come to you and super-apologetically explain that, well, you're not a citizen or permanent resident, so you haven't paid into the system and have to pay the full price of the medical services, which is sadly ... something like 500 USD. And then you laugh at how that's less than you'd pay with insurance in the US.
Relatedly, I like to joke that you can get a huge discount on delivering a pregnancy if you make sure you're on a European vacation when the baby comes due.
They'll come to you and super-apologetically explain that, well, you're not a citizen or permanent resident, so you haven't paid into the system and have to pay the full price of the medical services, which is sadly ... something like 500 USD. And then you laugh at how that's less than you'd pay with insurance in the US.