Health care system from heaven!

[backseatjuan]

Last week I was to meet my friend and decided to take a shortcut, through two fences, got bit by a dog. Same evening went to emergency room and they did two injections, one under my shoulder blade and one into the arm, and told me to come back in 2 days for another one. All was free. There is nothing to pay for. There was two in front of me so we can say I didn't wait at all.

Now let's roll back two months, I had a flim, went in, they did test for syphilis, prescribed a pill against it, and some cream. Visit was free, I just picked up 500 rubles worth of drugs at a drug store.

If tomorrow I break a leg they'll fix it for me for free. :wave:

If I need to check up my teeth that's free!


Now let's roll back 15 years, USA, Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital. I was in 10th grade and had an ingrown hair on my butt, couldn't take it anymore. At the emergency room I waited 4 hours, they didn't want to take me in cuz I didn't have insurance, then when they had time they removed the hair. Then two months later a bill for 10+k came to my address, I had to pay it. :moon:

 

[user43770]

I had my first and only allergic reaction when I was visiting Prague about 7 years ago (I'm guessing it was a spice that we don't use in America). Me and my two friends set out to look for a pharmacy, all the while my symptoms are getting worse. You know, the usual swelling and shortness of breath. It was a Sunday afternoon and as it turned out, all the pharmacies were closed on Sundays. Luckily, me and my friends stumbled upon an emergency room! Oh happy day, right? Not really. They refused to treat me, telling me to go to a pharmacy.

That was my only experience with public health care. I bet Jackson Memorial would have given me some fvcking Benadryl...

 

[SamTheHobit]

Would you say it's a health care system to die for?

 

[OzyBoy]

Last week I was to meet my friend and decided to take a shortcut, through two fences, got bit by a dog. Same evening went to emergency room and they did two injections, one under my shoulder blade and one into the arm, and told me to come back in 2 days for another one. All was free. There is nothing to pay for. There was two in front of me so we can say I didn't wait at all.

Now let's roll back two months, I had a flim, went in, they did test for syphilis, prescribed a pill against it, and some cream. Visit was free, I just picked up 500 rubles worth of drugs at a drug store.

If tomorrow I break a leg they'll fix it for me for free. :wave:

If I need to check up my teeth that's free!


Now let's roll back 15 years, USA, Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital. I was in 10th grade and had an ingrown hair on my butt, couldn't take it anymore. At the emergency room I waited 4 hours, they didn't want to take me in cuz I didn't have insurance, then when they had time they removed the hair. Then two months later a bill for 10+k came to my address, I had to pay it. :moon:

That is unbelievable. You probably would not even pay 10% of that here.

 

[YAboi]

God is good and he is in control @ OP

 

[Strelok]

When a service is provided someone is paying for it, wheter is the direct user of that service or a community that shares the cost among all his members.

Let me elaborate more, its either you paying for something or someone else whos paying even if he is not taking advantage of it, in the second case its more likely that he is forced to pay "for his own good" in advance from the gov.
According to that the more wealthy you are the more is "your own good" to pay for random services with no connection to the possibilities that sooner or later you're gonna need it.
So yeah as Danger said.