• @realitista@lemm.ee
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      282 months ago

      That’s because you live in a place with single payer. In the US, a $35 flat rate can save a lot of lives for people who have no options.

      • I think their point is “wow, look how backwards America is. This incredibly cheap option by their standards is fucking dog shit by mine”.

        And like yeah, they’re right.

    • @Fermion@mander.xyz
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      2 months ago

      Why do they even bother charging the patient at all if the vast majority of funding is coming from the national system?

    • @BastingChemina@slrpnk.net
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      12 months ago

      In France the cost for a doctor’s visit is 26€. 18.55€ is reimbursed by the public health care insurance and the rest is generally reimbursed by private insurance.

      There is a big debate right now because the doctor’s unions want the cost of the visit to go up to 30€ !