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Isn’t it cheaper to fly to Europe, visit a doctor, and fly back instead of going to the ER?
Also for “normal” treatments. Getting a baby costs like $2000 in Germany without insurance. Plus flight and hotel for two months you are still far below 10K in total cost. 😁
I'm getting my dental work done in Colombia. Even with the best insurance my firm offers it's cheaper for me to fly down TWICE, and spend 2 weeks in hotels and pay all out of of pocket than here in the US. Not a little savings mind you, close to $40k USD. Shit's crazy.
Is that safe? My knowledge of Columbia is limited to what I learned watching Narcos on Netflix. But it did not look like a medically advanced country.
I used the power of search engines. Looks like I’m the big cities, health care is quite adequate. Have a nice trip!
Dental work is often also not covered in the standard insurance in Germany. You either have to get an extra insurance, or you pay out of pocket, or you live with the condition (all serious things are covered, cosmetics often are not). But even then the cost is usually on the hundreds, sometimes in the thousands. 40,000 is more than the average person earns here 🙃
Best not to base your understanding of a country on a fictional depiction of what a small part of it was like 35 years ago.
I mean, yes, but in the case of flying to another country, you need the money up front. In the US, if you can get into the ER (some people do in fact get rejected), you don't have to pay the out-of-pocket expenses until after.