16 January 2020, 03:55 PM
wtgSeries on how various countries handle health care
Vox went around the world to look at how various countries handle health care. The initiative is called Everybody Covered.
https://www.vox.com/2020/1/13/...27/everybody-coveredFirst up, Taiwan.
https://www.vox.com/health-car...wan-health-insuranceSecond one on Australia.
https://www.vox.com/2020/1/15/...h-insurance-medicareLotsa reading!
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We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home. - Australian Aboriginal proverb
Bazootiehead-in-training
18 January 2020, 12:39 AM
markjOur 4 day stay at the hospital, where very little actually took place, has so far been billed out to the insurance company at over $50,000. I expect more bills to arrive shortly.
I had no idea MRI scans cost so much. Why? The technology is 30+ years old now. It should have dropped in cost a long time ago.
That's criminal.
18 January 2020, 12:44 AM
Steve MillerWhat I can’t understand is how rural hospitals, particularly rural hospitals in the South, can’t stay in business despite charging some $10K per hour for the simplest treatments. Here in the OC they can’t build huge new hospitals fast enough.
It’s a mystery.
18 January 2020, 10:41 AM
kluursMrs. Kluurs got a cortisone injection - $2,000.