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Re:At-home test for colon cancer is as reliable as tradition... by maxerickson on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @01:01PM (#25765693)
LASIK is generally a few hundred dollars per eye. Is it really $50 in Europe?

As far as births, the lifetime cost of the injuries that do happen are built into the price. Maybe not a good system, but it's clear enough where the money goes.

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Re:At-home test for colon cancer is as reliable as tradition... by gdebel on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @01:18PM (#25765926)
Haha, nope ! As a convenience procedure, and as such exposed to liability risks, and because of the extremely high cost of the lasers, you'll have to pay 2-3000 euros for both eyes (in France, at least). It is in fact cheaper in the US.

However, I'm always surprised by the cost of health in the US. The most surprising thing is that it looks like most Americans seem to not realize that it is perfectly possible to have high quality medicine and well payed doctors if the insurances don't suck all the money between the healthcare system and the patient. Our system has flaws, sure, but the US system looks like crazy to me.

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Re:At-home test for colon cancer is as reliable as tradition... by maxerickson on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @01:27PM (#25766045)
It's not just insurers, it's death of 1000 cuts. Poor regulation, misaligned incentives, greed, etc.
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Re:At-home test for colon cancer is as reliable as tradition... by inglor_cz on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @02:04PM (#25766535)
This is my fault, I have old info here.

I underwent LASIK in 2002. At that time, it cost me about 1000 USD here in Czechia. On American web discussions, mostly quoted amounts were USD 5-7000.

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