Originally Posted by CyberSEO

Sorry for prying into this thread. I have a question however. Let's say, you have no paid medical insurance at all (like me, for example). What will happen if you break an arm/leg etc, have an appendicitis, intestinal infection or so? What if your wife is pregnant and is going to give birth? Let's consider you called for an ambulance to deliver you/your wife to the hospital for an x-ray or tomography check, surgery, childbirth (for your wife) etc. Will you have to pay for that? If yes, how much?

Thanks a lot for you answer.

P.S. Asking this question because in my country it's all 100% free (the ambulance, the surgery, the essential meds etc). Yes, we also pay taxes (6% or even 13% from what we gain), but we don't pay for the essential medicine service here. Even the basic dental medicine (say you need to treat caries or remove a dead tooth) is available for free.