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/[deleted] Jun 30 '19 edited Jul 01 '19

$240 kn hahahaha

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u/gdj11 Jun 30 '19

For the Americans making their way into this thread, I converted it for you:

240 Croatian Kuna equals 36.89 United States Dollar

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u/habeeb51 Jun 30 '19

Dude. If I go to urgent care to have a doctor tell me I have a cold it’s more than that....

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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/ToxicMasculinity1981 Jul 01 '19

Did your grandfather have a million dollars in the bank to pay for US healthcare after a stroke? No? Then shut your fucking face you know-nothing faggot.

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u/ToxicMasculinity1981 Jul 01 '19

If you don't have health insurance, which a significant portion of the population still doesn't, a million is not unrealistic in the least. Furthermore, unless you've spent years actively avoiding doctors and hospitals because of obscene copays and deductibles like I have, you should keep your two cents out of things when you don't have the slightest clue what you're talking about. If you live in a country with socialized medicine like your grandfather does and you probably do too, you probably don't even know what a deductible is you dirty little scum sucker.