Our hospitals in Eswatini might not be up to par with the world... it's a 3rd world african country after all, but I had my wisdom tooth removed for about $4 total, pain meds included. Also sometime last year I had to get a couple of tests and scans including X-rays. total cost, 20 emalangeni which is just over 1 US dollar.

Shameful. The USA pays more per capita on health care than any other country, so I've heard, yet we have the highest maternal death rate of any first-world country. We are sick and getting sicker.

They don't do it anymore in Germany. The TV is free. I mean it wouldn't work these days anyway as almost everyone have at least a smartphone

Even the ride in an ambulance wasn't charged...How dare they!

In Canada, I had a hysterectomy and stayed at the hospital 5 days. My Medicare was expired , they told me to come in when I got my new one. While I was waiting for it, I got a bill from the hospital: over $10,000! A few days later, went with my new Medicare card, they registered it and I paid $0.00, including my new Medicare card.

LOL. American: "I paid 49 Euro for a doctor visit and meds!!!" European: "Dude, you've been robbed!!"

58 Euros is 70 dollars, not 50.

Netherlands: 140 Euro per month for insurance. Co-payment 385 Euro per year. No payments to doctors for visits or house calls, very minor contributions to prescriptions until you've maxed out your co-payment for that year.

Went to the ER for food poisoning (after debating if I really needed to go)...one bag of IV, one tiny pill and 5 hours later...bill came out to $10,000. US medical system is a joke.

I love the NHS too, not perfect but my daughter almost died during labour and I can't imagine worrying about how I was going to pay for the treatment.

It's just an American thing. most places around the world try to do their best... The americans are all about FREEDOM

Can't Bored Panda staff get rid of this Hazel Lily shmuck? Except for Parkinson's, apparently she is also suffering from memory loss because she posts the same damn comment everywhere!!! We get it....ultimate herbal clinic.... the answer to everything. Suffering from a disease? Ultimateherbclinic. Suffering from stupidity, Ultimateherbclinic. Lost a nipple? Want to become pen pals with a rehabilitated serial killer? You know it people...... Ultimateherbclinic. Get out!

wait they were VERY apologetic? CANADIANS IN DISGUISE!

WOW

Broken, hell - it's totally f####d up.

Stop voting for people who think that universal health care is socialist and that article 25 of the universal declaration of human rights is just a joke.

Wow!!

A brick hit my left foot toe and get broke, after 3 hrs and 300 for the X-rays, they ask me 3,700 for the surgery ( with the insurance that I pay 350 per month) I went to Mexico, 35 dlls for the appointment and the X-rays, Dr told me can make the surgery right there; he did it, and charge me 175 dlls I live in the border, I just cancel my insurance in USA and get it in Mexico... Now I pay 125 for my and my wife and my 2 sons, and I'm covered 100% and my copay is 125 dlls for any procedure We may need...

"American aversion to going to the doctor" - We hit a rough patch years ago where we didn't have insurance. The kids had Medicaid, but adults generally don't qualify. I broke my foot (dropped a very heavy washing machine on it and there was really no question that it was broken) but refused to go to the hospital for it because there was no way I could afford it. Even with insurance, I'm terrified that one of us will need to go to the ER. It's $150 just to walk in the door and there's no telling what seeing the doctor or getting tests will add to that. Suffering and self-treating are too common here.

Hubby developed pneumonia with sepsis in Tokyo. 10 days in hospital, so many blood tests, x-rays, scans etc, even the hospital were worried about the bill. Ended up being $22,000 [Australian] and after our insurance paid out their bit, we were left with a bill of . . . . . . . NOTHING.

The cost in Germany is €10 per day in the hospital. But you only have to pay 280€ maximum per year (4 weeks), no matter how long or often you are in any hospital. That's the cost of food and linen basically.

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It's baffling that so many people are happy with the status quo.

UK resident; The NHS is the best thing about this nation. Imagine not having pay to be unwell 😮 It's a shame that conservatives just love trying to destroy it xxx

Of course you do! You deserve a health system that's not a corporation...

In Europe we fire doctors if they are going crazy.

What's Co-pay?

Find a good friend in Spain who will send you your inhalers. Perhaps we could make it a business. "Good friends for Americans" We buy your meds in Europe, send them to you and you pay us the meds, shipping costs and a little surcharge of $5 per shipment. Happy days for everyone...

Makes you wonder why bother with insurance with those amounts