Do you have Public Health System in your Country? Do you like it? Or would prefer it to be private? (NHS related)

[Nymeria]

EnricoPallazzo said:

Signalstar said:
I live in the U.S.A. I have private health insurance. It is fine but can still be expensive. I will change health insurance providers in a few months.

Your description of Brazil's public health system is morbidly hilarious.

How much do you pay by month if you dont mind me asking? Is it usually quick to get treatment? Does the doctors avoid or delay treatment in order to save money? For example denying doing an MRI so the private insurance company can save money? Or is it quick, you can select our professional etc?

And why does it still cost money if you have insurance?

$6000 per year for insurance.

$50 co-pay per visit (Roughly 10-15 times per year, would cost $200 without insurance)

$500 deductible on procedures (Procedure I had a few years back would have been $30,000 without insurance)

Negotiated rates on medication (I pay $100 a month compared to $1500 a month if I lacked insurance)

I also do pay 2% of income in taxes for Medicare which helps elderly people with healthcare needs.

Level of care is good, the issue is how expensive it is, and really how it would be if I didn't have a job that had insurance.  I will die within 48 hours without medication so my situation often requires fast response time from hospitals or doctors.