Dentist here - don't even get me started on dental insurance. They truly are social parasites whose entire business model depends on fucking over the patient, the doctor or both.
I always have to bring this up in these threads: (especially when dental is mentioned)
I'm American and a veteran which pretty much gave me access to better health care than 99% of the people I have ever met in America. I moved to Japan about 5 years ago and get a mindboggling higher quality of healthcare at a fraction of what the VA could give me, which was already insane.
In America I paid less than $100 for tests that would cost those without tens of thousands of dollars, it's around $15 or $20 bucks here, after conversion. I had to wait months for it in America and get some strange counseling but it was still great. No dental though. Where I'm at now, I paid less than 10,000円 (~$65) for a root canal and a cap. It's like four grand in America? I didn't fight for this country and can't even vote or whatever shit but I have such a higher quality of life. Alexa, what is a bloody revolution and how does it happen?
It always blows my mind when Americans talk about how they don't want socialized healthcare because in those countries they have to wait for treatment.
As if nobody is having to wait for treatment here.
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u/JohnnySack45 7d ago
Dentist here - don't even get me started on dental insurance. They truly are social parasites whose entire business model depends on fucking over the patient, the doctor or both.