What is the problem with hospital costs in the U.S? - here is the cost of a Snake bite!

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hatmoza said:

The Fury said:
There was a comedian once you did a joke about how it was cheaper to get a new kidney by flying to Spain, paying for the new kidney, living in Spain for 3 months during recovery and then flying back than it is to get it done in the US.

I recall reading that somewhere a couple months ago. Maybe 9gag.

And it's completely true.

That is nothing new, people have been doing that for years and they even called it "medical vacations", with people flying to countries with free health care where they caused a situation of risk and went to the hospital to get the treatment.

The funny thing is that countries wanted to make something to stop or minimize this behavior, so if someone comes now to Spain (for example) and does that, the doctors will be able to see his medical record and if they find out that the patient was already diagnosed with that illness, they will take care of him/her, but once the patient is ok, Spain will charge the sum of all the treatment to your country.