Female nipples on TV and social media? We can’t grasp why the USA is so fixated on censoring them. Violence and death are shown without issue, yet the female nipple is taboo. It seems the influence of fear-mongering religious groups still holds sway. It’s absurd.

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Calling an ambulance.

NiceGuysFinishLast: I drove myself to the emergency room for a coral snake bite. They didn't have the antivenin, I had to go to the hospital. They called me an ambulance despite the fact that I had already driven there and I said I didn't want one. Total hospital bill was 94K and the ambulance was a separate 3K that dropped to like 1K after I gave them my insurance.

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But this is a US thing? That horrifies any humane person?

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It's horrific to all of us except republicans. They think universal healthcare makes them communists. It's depressing how straight up stupid half this country is. And it's only getting worse.

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I'm sure it is. My ambulance bill was $1200 for a 22 mile, one-way trip. And people wonder why I drove myself to the hospital when I was having an aneurysm.

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Yep.

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Makes me realise just how lucky we are with our NHS. Husband woke this morning with a pain in his chest and coughing up small amounts of blood. Looked on the NHS website and they advised him to call an ambulance, which arrived within 10 minutes (no blues and twos), the paramedics checked him, heart, blood sugars, chest etc and decided he probably had a chest infection and he could attend the emergency walk-in at the local hospital if he so wished. Cost? Nothing. Well, we do pay our National Insurance contributions from the day we start work, so we do pay, but nothing like the horror stories from the US.

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The NHS is the most beautiful and amazing thing Britain ever did. I just wish more of our taxes went there, instead of to bail out failing water companies that shouldn't have been privatised to begin with.

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Replying to myself, husband has had cancer, heart valve repair, has odema, peripheral neuropathy, low blood pressure, emphysema, so he wasn't just bleating about it for attention. He keeps asking me if I want to change him for a younger model. The model I have is exhausting enough, thanks! Lol.

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Personal story: while we were in Western Australia looking at the amazing wildflowers, my wife became ill (she had been dealing with cancer for 5 years). She was airlifted to Perth by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, and when stable a few days later, she and an accompanying nurse were flown back to Sydney NSW in business class on a QANTAS flight. The cost was $0.00. She passed away 3 weeks later.

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I'm really sorry to hear of your wife's passing. Not having a huge medical bill was one less thing to worry about at such a terrible time, I'm sure.

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Thank you.

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So your choices are to go into horrifying, possibly life destroying debt or die? This is 2024, how do insurance companies and health insurance providers in the US get away with this?

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Because no one stands up and says no. And that goes with all the thing the US are behind in. They all just allow it.

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Yup. And if a certain someone gets elected next week it will be getting a WHOLE LOT worse.

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Because health insurance companies donate huge amounts to of money to politicians' campaigns so the politicians work for them, not us. And the people who would be responsible for passing laws to prevent this from happening are the exact same people who benefit from it so it will never change no matter how corrupt it is and how much we voters rally against it.

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Wow that is do depressing!

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Canada no Hosital bill, $50 for the ambulance. Your senators and congressmen get free health care. why not everybody. Is it because they would have to tax the wealthy their fair share?

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If our senators and congressmen got the same health care as us peasants, health care would improve dramatically in just a week. They also get regular raises while refusing to raise minimum wage and only work half the time the rest of us have to work to keep a roof over our heads. And then they wonder why the American public thinks they're all crooks and a******s. Which they are.

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I woke up to my house on fire and I had to jump out a 2nd story window and was covered in soot and in shock. By the time I came to my senses, they had me on a gurney getting ready to put me in an ambulance. I freaked out and jumped off, then crumpled to the ground as my ankle was badly sprained. There was no way I was getting in that ambulance. I'd rather lose the foot than pay five grand for a ride to the hospital. They were pissed and made me sign a waiver. They were mad that they couldn't make the worst night of my life any worse.

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I hear you. I was having chest pains one night and my British husband had his finger poised to call an ambulance, I said no. It wasn't a heart attack, just gallbladder trouble, but if I had taken that ambulance, between that and the emergency room, I'd now be many thousands of dollars in debt for nothing.

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Would have cost me nothing in Denmark

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Here an ambulance ride costs alreast €750 but its fully covered by health insurance. Also having health insurance is mandatory.

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Here they cost 0 - $40 depending on which region you live in. Without the need to worry about insurance.

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Even with insurance, the cost is shocking and without insurance every ailment, operations giving birth is treble the cost of anywhere else in the world. It's sometimes more than treble. You could have the best job in the world but you're one serious illness/accident from financial ruin! It's disgusting! American dream? I think not.

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The American system is so much more expensive too, you lot are allowing the d**g and insurance companies to shaft you.

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We aren't "allowing" it, we can't do anything about it. The insurance companies and private equity firms that buy up hospitals and run them into the ground for profit are killing people for profit

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We could, if enough people would vote for politicians who are willing to pass the right laws.

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Considering the effects of coral snake venom, this person most definitely should not have driven themselves to the hospital. They endangered everyone sharing the road with them. The ER they went to would’ve known this and this is why they insisted on an ambulance; plus, the ambulance can cut through traffic should the patient’s state deteriorate.

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With the healthdon'tcare system actively killing so many people, no wonder the forced birthers are so desperate to have women pumping out as many babies as their wombs (the only part of a woman that actually matters) can possibly supply. /s

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In US I just paid $70k for a 45 min out patient surgery. Thank you Insurance!

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In the country where I live, government ambulances are free and the rest are cheap. I'm American, but the last time I visited, I had some injury that I should have had treatment for, but the ER bill would have undoubtedly been at least $2k even though it was minor. And I love living in a country where there is little to no waiting to get urgent care.

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Why would you need an ambulance from the ER to hospital? Aren't they the same place? Also, curious to know how common coral snake bites are, that the antivenom isn't at all hospitals.

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Can confirm . Midwest usa

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How can that huge amount of money be justified?

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Fiduciary obligation to the shareholders. Seriously, for-profit corporations are required by law to make as much profits as possible for the people who own the company. And we've allowed our health care system to become controlled by for-profit corporations.

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All this money-issue in the healthcare-system... I can't comprehend that you withhold that system... it is breaking you

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You don't call an ambulance yourself. In a medical emergency, you call 911 and they dispatch one or you call your local ER post and they dispatch one. They're free although that's relative, because you pay taxes and of course everyone has of course basic medical insurance.

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Of course they didn't have any antivenin, because there's no such thing as antivenin. It's called antivenom, because it neutralises venom.

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If I have to take an ambulance, the ride will only cost me $100. Anyone could afford that.

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If I have to take an ambulance, it costs me nothing at the point of use because we have universal healthcare.

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There are in fact people who could not afford that.

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Is this sarcasm again? I can't tell if you are just joking or if you really think there are no poor people anymore?

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Minimal air conditioning.. Europeans tend to rely less on air conditioning even in warmer weather.. many Americans, used to blasting AC, might find it uncomfortable or surprising.

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Walking for ten minutes ina city instead of getting a taxi.

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Cops without guns.

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Directness in communication.. Europeans specially in places like Germany or Netherlands are often more straightforward in conversation which might come off as blunt or rude to Americans used to more indirect communication.

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The size of parking spaces. Parking spaces in the US are 1.5x bigger than those of Europe, almost double at Costco. European vehicles are on average very very small and their parking spaces reflect that. I rented as Mazda 3 and it was a pretty tight squeeze in 99% of parkades.

Consider that before you decide to rent an SUV or bigger.

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Letting kids play outside by themselves, or going to the local playground.

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Mass gathering without x-ray and bag checks.

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Having a bidet.

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Not refrigerating eggs.

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Having to pay a fairly significant sum of money to become a licensed driver. Getting a regular license in Europe is way more expensive than in the US.

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The Socialist Party winning a national election.

A coronation.

A restaurant that served fries smothered in mayonnaise.

A public restroom with squat toilets.

Seeing people under 21 drink alcohol in public. Legally.

Going into McDonald's and looking at the menu and seeing McFalafel, Croque McDo, and even beer.

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I would say is more a mediterranean thing but eat your lunch with a glass of wine or beer. When I do this in the US, I look almost as an alcoholic. Same about smoke on the workplace (not inside the office but on the terrace or outside the office with the colleagues).

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Leaving your baby in the stroller while you have dinner.

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Charging for water at a restaurant. Charging to use the restrooms.

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Paying 8$ for a gallon of gasoline.

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Those tiny streets.

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The size of a european cup of coffee.

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Going out on "THE SESH!", Americans dont comprehend how much we actually drink as Europeans, and we dont drink water down swill, its proper beer, larger and ale... we go big and then have no idea how we got home, and i think in america they would call that alcoholism but in the UK we call it Saturday night.

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Salaries. At least in my field, they appear to be 1/3 to 1/2 what an equivalent job would pay in the US.

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Eating dinner at 10 PM! In Europe, it’s just a normal night out but in the U.S., you’d be met with confused looks and a few “Are you planning to party with the vampires?”.

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Beans on toast.

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Throwing dirty toilet paper in the trash can instead of flushing it down the toilet....

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Letting your cat out to enjoy the garden.

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I might be showing my age, but drowning unwanted pups was pretty common in Ireland back in the 80s. Horrible when you think about it.

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Blowing your nose at the dinner table, especially when it's really snotty, and then putting the handkerchief or better yet paper tissue back in your pocket.

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