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Oh boy… You just called a Brit a European. 50/50 chance you’re in trouble.
I thought the AI hype was dead but I’m still subjected to this hot garbage.
Uber to ER: $15
Ambulance to ER: $1500
That’s a cheap ambulance ride.
I’m happy to live in a developed country when I see this. Enjoying it while it lasts.
You’re an ambulance!
True story: In 2018 I was pretty sure I was or was about to have a heart attack and possibly a stroke. I drove to the ER rather than call an ambulance. As soon as they checked my vitals, they prepped me for emergency surgery. As I was in the O.R. my wife was listing our second home (he one we wanted to retire in) for sale because she was certain that the medical expenses would bankrupt us. Everything worked out well, but the fact that while I might be breathing my last breaths all I am worried about is leaving my wife in financial ruin is not something I can let go of.
Well, to be fair, I died about a year ago (literally) and me staying dead would also pretty much have meant leaving the current home. So while in Europe the immediate medical bills do not ruin you a family loss still might, since you’re missing the (part of) income.
(there’s a circular relationship between living location/costs and possible job)
This is honestly
I can’t imagine
This would cost us 20 dollars in turkey
We don’t even have good healthcare…
In the UK it would cost about the same, but that would be because he went by car and needed to pay for parking, parking charges at hospitals are getting ridiculous
Not in Scotland. Parking fees were scrapped at hospitals starting in 2008
The provision of parking is expensive, so it used to be subsidized significantly. Many people go to the hospital by public transport. It wouldn’t be fair to them that there’d be less money available for healthcare services because the NHS is subsidizing parking.
The provision of parking is expensive
No. It’s practically free. The maintenance is just some white lines every few years.
There’s an opportunity cost associated with using land for parking, particularly in dense urban areas.
In many cases a parking spot uses more space than the person who parked there uses to do their job (if they work in a cubicle for example). But they also need to be able to park not just at their job, but at their home, at the store, at their doctor’s office, etc. In the US there can be as many as 8 parking spaces per car, which collectively take up one third of the urban area.
Car storage costs in not built hospital wing, not built homes and not built public spaces.
And you had a whole second home to sell. I’ll just die alone in an apartment.
I’m afraid that’s against the terms of your rental agreement
I’m sure they’ll just add a fine next month: “using residence for unauthorized life event” or “reducing number of occupants without permission” or something.
Yeah, well so is this fat dab I’m about to rip, bourgeoise landlord swine! (bubble noises) /s
With the level of ambulance delays after 14 years of managed decline under the Tories, you might be better off with the Uber in the UK too. Just for different reasons.
Is it worse than in Russia?
Here was a scandal, when paramedics could not drive to village and had to use sleds:
Since they’ve made paramedics do a degree, they’ve been using that increased knowledge to justify whenever possible not taking people to hospital, even against doctor’s wishes. A lot of this is insurance costs as well as turn around time.
Basically the same reason though: woeful government underinvestment in order to funnel money to the ruling class.
That’s a common misconception. The US actually invests a metric fuckton of money into the healthcare system. It’s just that they have the most inefficient possible healthcare system, so providing just medicare, medicaid and VA benefits, which don’t come close to covering everyone, costs more (in %of GDP, not just absolute numbers) than for most countries the cost of subsidizing healthcare for everyone.
Hell, even conservatives might be happier under a socialized healthcare system. There could even be LESS government spending and people would be getting subsidized healthcare.
This is the case for many things in the US, not just healthcare.
https://pedestrianobservations.com/2019/03/03/why-american-costs-are-so-high-work-in-progress/
https://www.constructiondive.com/news/why-building-us-highways-expensive/724730/
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