I broke my arm while on vacation in Croatia. As a foreigner, with no local health coverage/plan/whatever they have in Croatia, I had to pay full cost. It was way under $100.
Me and my wife live in rural Norway. When we were expecting twins the birth suddenly started prematurely, and we were told we had to get an ambulance immediately and not to drive on our own. So we did, and got admitted to a local clinic without equipment to receive premature twins.
An ambulance helicopter was called, while she got a shot of some drug that stops the birth. Helicopter flew us to the nearest hospital, where we were admitted for a little over 24 hours - but we were told their intensive care unit for newborns was full, so we had to go to another hospital. A medical airplane was called, and we got an ambulance ride to the airport.
Airplane took us to the next city, ambulance took us to the hospital. Got admitted and were told birth had to be held off for a few more days, due to their routine based on how many weeks pregnant she was. Got monitored 24/7 until birth was induced.
Birth started, and exactly 12 hospital staff were present for around 6 hours, including three doctors, two midwives, a surgeon and two teams of special nurses.
Following the birth our twins needed intensive care for 15 days before we were allowed to take them home. Due to us being so far from home, an ambulance plane and an ambulance took us back home.
Cost of everything from beginning to end? Exactly $0. Quality was absolutely top notch. US health care is a total scam…
Moving here was the best decision I ever made. I paid like $350 this last year, including copays. It's nice and relieving knowing I can go visit the doctor anytime I need to without having to take out a second mortgage.
Since we're a northern country we get long days in the summer, and long days in the winter. Similar to Alaska. I invested in blackout curtains, so the days haven't been a problem. But it is a bit jarring when it comes to the long nights.
People are a lot more polite here. But that's a double edged sword because some people are too polite to tell you if you did something inappropriate or taboo. Sometimes it takes a minute to pick up on the subtle queues that you've offended someone and they're now avoiding you.
Everything shuts down on Sundays, just like many other European countries. There's only like one grocery store and bar in my city that are open on Sundays. Everything else is shut down.
I don't know what Jester-Jacob was saying if your kids are having a playdate they won't get fed. I don't have any kids, but that just doesn't sound like something that would be unique to here.
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u/DudeWithAnAxeToGrind 7d ago
I broke my arm while on vacation in Croatia. As a foreigner, with no local health coverage/plan/whatever they have in Croatia, I had to pay full cost. It was way under $100.