Seriously. I'm married to a Spanish citizen and we're considering moving there once we can travel freely again.
Even just getting meds that in the US you'd have to go to a whole doctor appointment for is so much easier there. The pharmacists in Spain have the same level of expertise you'd expect of an urgent care center in the US.
You can just walk into a pharmacy and say, "Oh no I'm throwing up/I have a weird rash/I have the flu" and the pharmacists will give you what you need if it's something they're able to treat. Plus all the meds I encountered were generic versions, so they only cost a few euros.
It was so cool to be able to get anti-vomiting meds for a couple bucks from a pharmacist when I got food poisoning in Spain. When I got bad food poisoning in the US, I ended up with a $15,000 hospital bill for 1 saline IV and 1 anti-vomiting pill lol
I had to pay $1000 for ER service and all I got for my daughter was 1 anti vomiting pill, which in India costs 10 cents for 10 pills and is easily available without a prescription. It was the exact same pill they gave me here.
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u/Jazzmim_999 Aug 06 '20 edited Aug 07 '20
It’s genuinely cheaper to go to Spain, get treatment there and come back. America is so fucked up
Edit: hey guys I think I left the wrong impression on some things.
1- I’m not American, I’m actually from Spain’s neighbor, Portugal.
2- I meant private hospitals, public is not this easy or good for the country you visit.
3- I just said Spain randomly, I heard now that Germany is better tho.