Try medical care in Thailand. Cheap, informal, high quality, no waiting, cash based, lightly regulated. Everything is about 1/10 the US price. Why couldn't Obamacare be more like that? (Answer: insurance lobbyists, over-regulation, litigation)
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Hm, according to Wiki at least Thailand has universal health insurance coverage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_in_Thailand …
When I mentioned Thai health care was 1/10 the US price, I meant if you're a foreigner paying cash with no insurance there, it's still way lower than the US 'deductible' even if you do have insurance.
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That cheap out of pocket cost is subsidized by the system.
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Why would that be the case? Why subsidize?
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Reminds me of a tense discussion I had in a
#Panama urgent care. $980 OMG! How am I going to get my U.S. insurance to pick this up? No, no senor: $9.80. Oh. - 1 more reply
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