pretty sure he's referring to the united states. The situation here is pretty horrific if you aren't privileged with a high paying job. There's a large part of the workforce holding onto shit jobs because they need the medical benefits.
Dental is even worse. its cheaper for me to fly to latin america, get some dental work done and enjoy a month long vacation than to get the same procedures done in the united states.
Yea so you then end up on the street when you can't pay those bills and go bankrupt. Either way, my point stands that a lot of people are slaves to their employer for need of health insurance.
Furthermore, proactive visits to the doctor aren't "emergencies." Prenatal checkups aren't either. Mom going into labor is not a good time for the doctors to find out the baby is coming in the wrong way or its head is stuck in her pelvis.
I'm tired of people making excuses for the shit-show that is healthcare in the US. It only looks good if you're coming from the third world.
Even in a country with a medical payment system as terrible as the US insurance is only a factor after an emergency, not during one. A homeless bum collapsing with a heart attack outside a hospital and they'll treat him just as well as Bill Gates. Now, outside an emergency like with followups after your heart is beating again this is a huge difference and going into collections after you can't pay is Not Fun. But lets not pretend the system is worse than it is.
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