It’s normal in many central European countries. Germany for example. Going to the doctor and even longer hospital stays don’t bankrupt you. Usually your job is safe too.
Medicaid is weirdly good. It has weird quirks and less options usually, but it’s practically just a more functional insurance than a lot of employer provided ones (which are often worse than marketplace)
I have a dentist, a gastroenterologist, an orthopedic doctor, a pneumologist, a dermatologist, a throat nose and ear doctor, am oculist, a psychiatrist, a psychological therapist who’s also MD and my “normal” doctor and man I feel sick after writing this…
The dentist is quite expensive but only because I want non standard treatment. The rest is paid by the public insurance.
It’s normal in many central European countries. Germany for example. Going to the doctor and even longer hospital stays don’t bankrupt you. Usually your job is safe too.
Not sure why you said “central” European. It’s also normal in the West, South, North and East. Could have just said many European countries.
Just because I wasn’t not sure about places further away from where I live
Fair enough. I apologize.
It’s normal in the US too. I’m on Medicaid and have a dentist and a podiatrist.
Medicaid is weirdly good. It has weird quirks and less options usually, but it’s practically just a more functional insurance than a lot of employer provided ones (which are often worse than marketplace)
I have a dentist, a gastroenterologist, an orthopedic doctor, a pneumologist, a dermatologist, a throat nose and ear doctor, am oculist, a psychiatrist, a psychological therapist who’s also MD and my “normal” doctor and man I feel sick after writing this…
The dentist is quite expensive but only because I want non standard treatment. The rest is paid by the public insurance.
I misread oculist as occultist and had a good laugh.
Usa insurance being tied to employment is the biggest scam