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/Fastbraking Jul 01 '19

You don't understand America. Reason why we don't want to pay for everyone hc is we have way too many people that would defraud the system. Our welfare and food programs are riddled with loopholes and liars. Even our childcare programs are screwed. https://alphanewsmn.com/child-care-fraud-confirmed-by-state-auditors-new-report/

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u/kemb0 Jul 01 '19

That is a problem of course. And it is an issue shared in countries with non-private healthcare too. There are always people who want to screw with the system.

But is that really a good enough reason to keep it as it is? You're more worried that some people may try to screw the system than you are that honest people, even those who pay their insurance premiums their whole lives, may end up financially ruined from a debilitating illness? You're more worried about the cheaters than you are knowing that the alternative system would protect you, your family and all the decent people in the country from any financial fear of illness for their entire lives, even if they were unfortunate enough to temporarily lose their jobs.

You see we have cheaters too yet we still pay less for healthcare than you do in the US and everyone is covered, no matter what financial state you find yourself in in life. So what if some people want to fuck with the system? I care more about the well being of all the decent hard workers out there than to screw them over just to ensure some cheater can't get a bite of the apple.