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Originally Posted by CyberSEO
BTW, if you don't want to wait in line for hours in a free municipal clinic, yo may go to a private one (yes, we also have super duper private clinics) and you will also have to pay to visit a doctor, but the price is much lower. For $85 you will be consulted with doctor, who is at least a Ph.D / professor of medicine. And that's not a joke, a standard price of a visit to a Ph.D of medicine in one of the Moscow's private clinics is 5000 RUB, which is equal to $78 USD. Note that Moscow is a rather expensive city. In other Russian cities the prices will be lower of course.
But, as you said already... your life standards are 2500x times better. What a shame for us  |
What's the average wage of those Russian doctors?
and that's where the difference is.
If I was on any sort of Government benefit here, then its basically free, or if I wanted to go through the free system, I have a private doctor and choose to see the next available specialist rather than wait for the next free one.
Aus in many ways has the perfect model for American health care, 60% still have insurance, but free is there and just as good for those that need it. For the rest of us insurance fees are a tax break. Everyone pays 2% tax for medical and that 2% is enough to give everyone free health care.