Bronze medalist Ari Ramsey has gotten a pap smear, dental check up, eye exam and new glasses—all for free. Her story highlights the pressing financial burden of accessing healthcare in the U.S.
It isn’t free, but it is so much cheaper. My mother got covid in Paris and had some kind of weird allergic reaction in her eye. An emergency visit with an actual doctor and a prescription filled while we waited was…I actually don’t remember how much. It was so little it may as well have been free (in the context of a family on an international vacation, not everyday life).
Did not read the article but what was wrong with her? I am currently stationed at a place where just the intake is 10k and that is just for doctors asking what is wrong and describing it. Don’t let me get into if you need help how much that costs. I just know that at the coup;e hospitals I have been stationed at has a small sign behind the intake tests which list what all things cost. If lemmy hosted there own image sight I would take a picture of it.
Olympic’s healthcare is not the same as France’s. Article misleading. As an American tourist in France it would not be free for me.
It isn’t free, but it is so much cheaper. My mother got covid in Paris and had some kind of weird allergic reaction in her eye. An emergency visit with an actual doctor and a prescription filled while we waited was…I actually don’t remember how much. It was so little it may as well have been free (in the context of a family on an international vacation, not everyday life).
Well it actually is. Special case for the Olympics.
Edit: so yes you wouldn’t get it for free as a tourist. Maybe cheaper anyways though.
That’s a difference with no distinction in this case
Did not read the article but what was wrong with her? I am currently stationed at a place where just the intake is 10k and that is just for doctors asking what is wrong and describing it. Don’t let me get into if you need help how much that costs. I just know that at the coup;e hospitals I have been stationed at has a small sign behind the intake tests which list what all things cost. If lemmy hosted there own image sight I would take a picture of it.
You can reply with a photo here. It would help the discussion if you read the article.