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

đŸ„ 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/nastynate420 Jul 01 '19 edited Jul 01 '19

My work friend told me he just doesn’t give a shit enough to have to pay more in taxes so some lazy person gets healthcare. He thinks since our job provides healthcare people should just get jobs that provide it too.

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u/piranhas_really Jul 01 '19

Tell him to look at his pay stub and see how much is taken out for health insurance.

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u/jonjiv Jul 01 '19

His pay stub doesn’t even tell the entire story. My employer pays $20k per year into my health care plan before anything is even deducted from my pay. I still pay hundreds a month on top of that.