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Norway To Start Hiding Its Standard Of Living To Make Other Countries Feel Better About Themselves (www.theonion.com)

submitted 9 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 69 points 9 months ago (3 children)

The insanity here in the US is intense. The other day a coworker was trying to say health care in Europe is worse "because you have to wait". No nuance or acknowledgement that in the US you often have to wait AND pay.

[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 32 points 9 months ago

I had to wait 3 months in the US to get wound care for a staph infection. I now have permanent vein damage in my leg. I live in the US and have fancy, tech worker insurance. It's totally fucked. Unbelievable until you see it first hand.

[–] JDubbleu@programming.dev 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Healthcare in the US is amazing IF you have amazing insurance. Unfortunately that's the exception so it's absolute dog shit for most people.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 29 points 9 months ago (1 children)

My peer group mostly had good insurance and we still have a lot of stories about being dicked around by it. The dysfunction here isn't just the cost, but also the stress and overhead of dealing with it. Plus the occasional "insurance is denying my claim for bs reasons".

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 9 points 9 months ago

Yeah, I have great insurance, and they still deny a bunch of stuff you'd expect to be covered.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

Back in the 90's I popped a lung. Excellent care, about wouldn't let me leave the hospital. Couple of years later I shattered my femur with no insurance. "Here's some charity crutches. GTFO."

[–] amio@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago

In the US you pay, wait, pay, possibly don't even get the healthcare because some uneducated shit-for-brains says "lol nah", pay, and then pay.

Norwegian healthcare is remarkably shit for allegedly having infinite money or whatever people ITT think, but at least it ain't murica.