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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
When it comes to pricey hospital procedures, MRIs come to mind. Sure enough, according to recently released Medicare pricing data analysed by NerdWallet Health, the average cost of an MRI in the U.S. is $2,611.
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You are trying to compare paid US medicine and free medicine in Europe. That's absolutely incorrect because here in Europe we have a paid medicine as well. You can wait in a line for a free medicine in municipal clinic, or you can get all the procedures done for money in a paid clinic.
As you have mentioned MRI, let's speak about "the service for the amount of money we pay." My wife had headaches and a few days ago she has decided to do MRI and went to a paid clinic. She did two separate MRI procedures: one for brain and another for cervical spine. A standard cost for every procedure is 3500 RUB, but since she did both, there was a discount, so the total price was 6000 RUB. If you convert it to USD (1 USD = 75 RUB), you'll discover it's only $80 USD. That's the price of two MRI procedures, including a DVD disc with the MRI data, plus a complete medical report on paper (the description and explanation of MRI results by a doctor). Man, that's only
$80 USD for ALL in a
commercial clinic (no medical direction from a therapeutist, no lines, no waiting, personal management etc). Now go compare it to the US prices and tell me they have a better paid medical service for the same price.
And take in mind that we don't have to pay for obamacare. Only a mandatory medical insurance which is free for every citizen: no fees and doesn't matter if you have a job or not.