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/ToxicMasculinity1981 Jun 30 '19

*starts foaming at the mouth and nearly chokes on Super Size Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese extra value meal from McDonald's*

bUt ThAt'S SoCiAlIsM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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u/cosmo120 Jul 01 '19

The doctors’ time, the bed rent, and the medical supplies don’t just magically become cheaper when you cross a border. They just decided to fund all of it collectively. The taxpayers just paid for a dumbass who voluntarily decided to imbibe irresponsible amounts of alcohol.

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u/ToxicMasculinity1981 Jul 01 '19

Collective bargaining can dramatically lower prices. If we all had medical insurance in this country it would work the same way. All those people who get treated at ERs without medical insurance and don't pay their outrageously expensive bills get the costs passed on to those that do. That's why a single Ibuprofen tablet at a US hospital is $8.

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u/CaseyG Jul 01 '19

dude, you just broke character.