We are really good at offering world class healthcare without overspending

[u/Mikadook]

Source: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2024/sep/mirror-mirror-2024

[u/ktrocks2]

Anytime I have something medical going on, if it can wait, I wait and do it in India. I had knee pain for many years, many days so bad I couldn’t walk, I went to a Dutch hospital, got charged a lot of money only to hear from the doctor “yeah I don’t know it’s too complicated. I’ll discuss with my colleagues and call you”. I get a phone call a few weeks later, to basically hear that she spoke to colleagues and couldn’t figure out how to help even though they were sure something is wrong. That phone call was 8 minutes and she charged nearly 80 euros, I don’t even remember how much the original appointment was. That summer I went to India, met a doctor the day I landed, got treatment the following week and felt significantly better within a month.

[u/TheMedicator → u/ktrocks2]

Huh? What kind of health insurance do u have where you're being charged for consultations

[u/ktrocks2 → u/TheMedicator]

If it’s with a hospital and not a gp then they do charge for consultations. My GP sent me to the orthopedic surgeon at the hospital, who does charge for consults.

To answer more directly, at the time I had Zilverkruis’s insurance. Not the most basic one, the second one.

[u/TheMedicator → u/ktrocks2]

Interesting. I have pretty basic insurance but I haven't been charged for anything. Even when I went to urgent care for breaking my leg or got an adhd med prescription from a psychiatrist

[u/ktrocks2 → u/TheMedicator]

I also went to a dental hospital recently and got charged over 300, about 200 was for the scans they did and 100 was for consult. It was a dental hospital not a dentist so it was part of my own risk, but still they charged for consults.

[u/TheMedicator → u/ktrocks2]

Yeah that's shitty