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9. Guten tag! Hej!
Sat Jun 30, 2012, 07:23 PM
Jun 2012

I live in Sweden and we pay even more taxes than Germany, I believe.
Nobody here would trade their health care for the USA model (at least, nobody I know). I posted this in another similar thread:

I have unfortunately needed to go to the doctor a few times. I call in the morning before 9:30 to set an appointment. A couple times it was later that same day. The longest wait time for a regular doctor was 3 days. It cost about $15 for a general practitioner visit. If you get a referral to a specialist, you have to wait for a letter to arrive at your home telling you your appointment date. I waited 2 and a half weeks for a dermatologist. It was about $15

The hospital is slightly more expensive, but not much. I had surgery and the total bill was about $150 for everything.

The most noticeable difference at the hospital, was that the nurses were not stressed out. They had time for conversation. There were more nurses than what you typically see in an American hospital.

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You agree with EVERYONE I have ever spoke to about socialized medicine... SoutherDem Jun 2012 #1
I have a friend that can't move her aging mother to the "States" ... etherealtruth Jun 2012 #8
I'm embarrassed by the very vocal moronic minority of rubes that seem to control TheDebbieDee Jun 2012 #2
Wurzburg is as lovely as ever! flygal Jul 2012 #14
Standard of living, that's the real issue and none of our leaders are even taking about it Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #3
my Rheum. dr. apt was 2 months wait being a new patient but follow-up apts were scheduled easily tru Jun 2012 #4
I belong to a forum for people with Worried senior Jun 2012 #5
Exactly! flygal Jul 2012 #15
Ich liebe Deutschland! and-justice-for-all Jun 2012 #6
And it is one of the oldest social welfare healthcare plans in existence. Ikonoklast Jun 2012 #7
Guten tag! Hej! Quantess Jun 2012 #9
Years ago I was at a gathering where there were two exchange students from Switzerland. zeemike Jun 2012 #10
Nowhere but in the US is there the propaganda of Fox News underpants Jun 2012 #11
Your exactly right. I lived in Germany, Italy and have relatives in Canada and NONE of them southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #12
It's certainly true for this Canadian Canuckistanian Jun 2012 #13
"America is the first country to have gone from barbarism to decadence without the usual intervening Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2012 #16
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