OSLO, NORWAY—Not wanting reports of the happy, healthy lives of its citizens to demoralize people living outside the Scandinavian nation, Norway announced Monday that it would start hiding its standard of living to make other countries feel better about themselves. “In an effort to not lord it over the rest of the…
The insanity here in the US is intense. The other day a coworker was trying to say health care in Europe is worse “because you have to wait”. No nuance or acknowledgement that in the US you often have to wait AND pay.
Healthcare in the US is amazing IF you have amazing insurance. Unfortunately that’s the exception so it’s absolute dog shit for most people.
My peer group mostly had good insurance and we still have a lot of stories about being dicked around by it. The dysfunction here isn’t just the cost, but also the stress and overhead of dealing with it. Plus the occasional “insurance is denying my claim for bs reasons”.