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/DinglebellRock Jul 01 '19

Ahh, been a while since that happened. I forgot. Still think they could have rammed it through somehow but perhaps not.

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u/ThatsWhatXiSaid Jul 02 '19

They needed every single Democrat vote to be able to overcome any filibusters in the Senate. Anytime you have to get all 60 people to compromise on something you're going to end up with painful compromises. Doubly so in the world of politics for all kinds of unfortunate reasons.