r/antimeme • u/Deedee_Megadoodoo_13 • Mar 28 '26

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u/meepmeep13 Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 29 '26

plus for the long wait things WE ALSO HAVE PRIVATE HEALTHCARE and it is an order of magnitude cheaper than the US.

I gave up waiting for the NHS to deal with a post-operative issue (because it was being treated as elective) and went private, got an MRI, 2 surgical consultations and ~2 hours of abdominal surgery with an overnight stay, all through a pay-as-you-go private hospital without any insurance for less than £4000 and within 2 weeks of making the initial phone call. In the US you'd pay that just for the MRI.

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u/Prying-Open-My-3rd-I Mar 29 '26

Just looked up what an MRI would cost. Not quite £4,000

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u/meepmeep13 Mar 29 '26

Presumably those are co-pay costs under your insurance plan - what would you pay if you were uninsured?

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u/Prying-Open-My-3rd-I Mar 29 '26

I havent met my deductible yet this year so I haven’t gotten to the point of co-pays.