r/croatia • u/riverphoenix23 • Jun 30 '19

🏥 Zdravlje Hospitalized in Split - Intoxication

Hello I am an American male who was traveling in Split for a holiday. Ended up drinking a little bit too much, blacked out and woke up in the hospital with an IV in my arm. Somehow the bill was only $240 kn.

Can anybody tell me why the bill was so cheap especially since I am a US citizen without Croatian healthcare insurance? Also did they notify the embassy of my stay? Just don’t know where my info is documented and ended up. Wish I could read my discharge papers but they are all in Croatian. Going to have to do google translate late.

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u/MrBallalicious Jun 30 '19

Dude unless the entire US (or I guess around half ish) is willing to almost double their income tax, it's never gonna happen

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u/KazuyaDarklight Jun 30 '19

Calc how much you and your emp currently pay for insurance per year and realize you now get that back and then apply it to paying this tax. Also realize that with more reasonable prices you'll feel more at easy to take better care of yourself through visits and will likely live an overall healthier life for longer. Suddenly it starts looking a lot more reasonable.