Wednesday, 24 June 2009

• Health Care Abroad

  
  

  
  I know this is a sticky subject and there are dozens of horror stories from those against public health care, Michael Moore stories and opposing ones too, but here is one story for public health care.
  
  My client was visiting me in Japan this week and slipped while jogging and dislocated his finger...painful for sure...I took him to the ER in Tokyo...although he was a foreign visitor of course they treated him immediately.
  
  We gave his name and a local contact number and away he went, no paperwork...two sets of X-Rays before and after treatment, injection, splint and bandages, his prescription for pain medication was filled on the spot The grand total US$250.
  
  Had he been a citizen, he simply would present his health card and all would be handled swiftly and for free. I know not every procedure is this simple and there will be those who say they want a choice of doctors etc...usually in the ER you have no choice anyway.
  
  A visit to ER is traumatic enough but it would be great if those visits did not have the added stress of the bill...what do you think?
  
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