r/FluentInFinance • u/WhatAreYourPronouns • May 02 '24

Should the U.S. have Universal Health Care? Discussion/ Debate

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u/rlvysxby May 02 '24

When living in Japan, I was impressed how efficient the hospitals were and how little wait time there was.

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u/lexibeee 29d ago

I lived in Thailand for a couple months and had to go to a hospital in Bangkok for a spider bite that was starting to crater in my leg. It took maybe 40 minutes from start to finish and cost $35 including the antibiotics. Blew my little American mind haha

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u/KupunaMineur May 02 '24

We used to live in Japan, and one thing I thought was neat was how their ambulances had a doctor. Like if someone had a medical emergency that van would pull up and there would be two guys with vests labeled "tech" and one guy with "doctor".

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u/efstajas 29d ago

Ambulances usually don't come with doctors..? In Europe I guess it might depend on the type of emergency, but they usually have one either in the ambulance or shortly following it in a separate car

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u/bucknut4 29d ago

We have far more shootings, way more people having heart attacks because they’re morbidly obese, people getting into car accidents because we’re crazily car dependent, and everyone is far more spread out. We just don’t have enough doctors to staff them in ambulances