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Joe - I live in the US and have insurance for my family. I believe we pay something like $1100 a month for family insurance. I can afford it so it is all good.
In Norway EVERYONE have access to healthcare - lines might be a tad long for surgeries and so on but everyone will get it. I personally think it is a good system. It is taken out of the taxes which are fairly high.
Last summer (2008) when I was on vacation in Norway I had to undergo emergency appendicitis - I have not lived in Norway for almost 14 years - I spent a full week in the hospital. Once released from the hospital I asked the nurses where to pay - They laughed at me and said that I was "free to go" and I went.
I did not pay A SINGLE KRONE (penny) for my surgery, 9 (average) morphine shots a day, 7 day stay and to top it off my nurses were super cute.
Now THAT is awesome!
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