happy_tiger
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@mike said in [Coronavirus Outbreak](/post/1139031) said:@Tiger5150 said in [Coronavirus Outbreak](/post/1139029) said:@mike said in [Coronavirus Outbreak](/post/1139027) said:@Tiger5150 said in [Coronavirus Outbreak](/post/1139023) said:@mike said in [Coronavirus Outbreak](/post/1138911) said:@dazza65 said in [Coronavirus Outbreak](/post/1138858) said:I am concerned by the USA

I appreciate countries are in different stages but most are starting to flatten...... not so US
Source: Johns Hopkins
Hardly surprising given how their medical systems work. All based on privatisation and insurance. If you are not working basically you are not insured and hence not covered and therefore low on the list. If you can’t pay you don’t get treatment. Yes there is welfare but still seems limited.
They are treating all corona cases free of charge.
They are now. However, look at it this way. You live in the US, used to the system. You’ve been stood down. You start to feel unwell but you have no insurance. Probably should go to the doctor but can’t afford the bills, so you decide not to go, it’s probably only the Flu. Eventually you get worse and have no choice but to go to hospital and are diagnosed with COVID19 and treated for free. Unfortunately it’s too late because you have already infected everyone you have come in contact with in the intervening time. Like I said hardly surprising the rates in the US are so high.
This is not bait, I would genuinely like to know how much it costs to go to the Dr in the US. The common narrative is as you have posted above, but above and beyond that the US has the best cancer survival rates in the world and basically the highest levels of medical expertise in the world. Genuinely interested in how it works.
On the surface we have nationalised health care here in Aus but that is not how it works. If you have something serious wrong with you, you get in the queue unless you have private insurance. Would like to know the truth about the difference.
A quick google gives the answer. “ An initial consultation with a doctor will cost in the range of $100 – $200.”
Do you tip a Dr ??