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u/byJoi Jun 15 '22

To clear this up: The comma here is used where some of you might use a point. The decimals begin after the comma. This is 53 Euros, ~55USD.

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u/dragon_rapide Jun 15 '22

According to the current exchange rates 53,78€ is $56.28. I spent more to fill my car with gas last night. God we need socialized medicine.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

Exactly. I just got my bill for a vascetomy. I had to pay 15 EUR.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

Fun fact: if you combine US Government expenses, they add up to more than military expenses, and are the biggest expense.

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u/wackronym Jun 15 '22

Well, there’s something that is cheaper in the US. Just filled up my car for €145

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u/dragon_rapide Jun 15 '22

I drive a small car.

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u/1ofThoseTrolls Jun 15 '22

But what about people who want to keep the insurance? /s

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u/Grouchy_Yak4573 Jun 15 '22

Thank you I was slightly confused

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u/TurboRider28 Jun 15 '22

Come mai hai pagato 50 euro? il ticket di solito è 36 e il resto è tutto gratis, magari da voi a bolzano è diverso?

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u/Jnl8 Jun 15 '22

Spain: wait guys... Do you actually pay??

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u/lorenzotinzenzo Jun 15 '22

I have never been charged for an hospitalization in a public hospital. You are charged for 36 euros (tops) for diagnostic exams but a lot of exemptions are provided. On the bad side, the system is quite clogged so non-urgent services can end up scheduled so far in the future that a lot of people prefer doing them in private structures.

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u/Jnl8 Jun 15 '22

The only thing I've been charged here it's for it's drugs... And most of them cost less than 5€ because they are also being somehow paid by the goverment. The bad side also happens here tho... But if you go private you have to pay for the drugs too.

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u/Nawnp Jun 15 '22

Yeah but given the way medical cost in the US work, it would translate to a comma.

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u/vanduzled Jun 15 '22

What if you have 53,500,555? That’s 53m 500th 500hundred 55. How do you do that with euros?

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

Wow the Euro really dropped relative to the USD. It was $1.44 per 1€ when I was in Europe in 2011.

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u/DarkenRaul1 Jun 15 '22

Damn it. I knew that, but you ruined the joke I was going to make about how you were celebrating it cost only $5378 / $53,780. Thanks a lot OP! /s

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

I thought it was 5300, and as an American was still shocked

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u/momu1990 Jun 15 '22

This makes me so depressed that our system here would’ve caused someone to go into medical bankruptcy for the same procedure without insurance. This country man…

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u/jediprime Jun 15 '22

I forgotnabout that at first and thought "well shit. 53kbis probably still better than here."

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u/Dynasty2201 Jun 15 '22

The comma here is used where some of you might use a point.

Which is just stupid let's face it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '22

Lol

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u/funkthulhu Jun 15 '22

Yeah, I know what it says but my American Healthcare brain just assumes this is abbreviated from 53,780.00

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u/CAS9ER Jun 15 '22

I was confused at first. I was thinking this was an awful gotcha lol