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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Honestly, they should start sending people home with receipts after medical procedures as I don’t think people really understand the exact benefit of what they’re getting. Or even the equivalent American healthcare plan cost that would cover it.
Private healthcare doesn’t really appeal as much when something like giving birth costs $20,000 or $1000 per month every month for your entire adult life to ensure stuff like that is covered.
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Agreed. Problem is I don't think we even know how much a procedure costs and if we don't have an understanding of or costs how are we ever going to hope to get a handle on what needs to change - and our system desperately needs to change.
When I worked in the field we had a American who worked for us in Canada. He obviously did not have Alberta Health coverage and on one occasion he went to the hospital in Rocky Mountain House as he was not feeling well (he worked day shift so could not go to a medical clinic). He told them he'd pay cash, just give him the receipt so he could expense it through work. The hospital had no idea what the cost was, and did not have a way to generate an receipt anyhow.