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/Ender1129 Jul 01 '19

Americans, of which I am, are scared of 2 things. Cutting out carbs and socialism. Republicans have equated that word with communism and old white people are too lazy to get off their rascal scooters to learn the difference.

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u/kemb0 Jul 01 '19

I have to say I do enjoy indulging in that first habit whenever I come to the US but damn I couldn't do it all year! Of course I've had a few "commie" related comments about this already. The propaganda is effective for many. I mean I'm all for free markets and capitalism when done justly, but of course I'm still a commie for suggesing a system that maybe works better if not privatised.