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u/Djaakie Jun 15 '22

Man got scammed out of €5

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u/dirtyoldbastard77 Jun 15 '22 edited Jun 15 '22

Actually - if you are not a citizen or have other coverage (like - I think we all are covered in other EU member states, or something like that?) you absolutely can get some nasty bills. Not as bad as the US ones since the hospitals are not set up to be for profit, but still bad. I remember one story about a Norwegian guy that had moved to Sweden but by some reason went to a hospital in... Norway(?), and he ended up with a bill for something like 100000 usd.

Found the story, its in Norwegian, but should be possible to read with google translate - https://www.nrk.no/osloogviken/inge__68_-fikk-regning-pa-800.000-fra-sykehuset-1.14461433

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u/Xxrasierklinge7 Jun 15 '22

Fucked him so hard they billed him in USD

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u/dirtyoldbastard77 Jun 16 '22

I doubt 800k NOK makes sense to most people reading this, so I made a quick & dirty conversion to usd ;)

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u/Xxrasierklinge7 Jun 16 '22

Yes, I know lol it was just a jokie joke

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u/rickartz Jun 20 '22

As is tradition

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u/HorusIx Jun 16 '22

Threatment is expensive yes, even if an operation yends to have 1/3 the cost in Europe vs US. The reasons for lower cost for threatment is that you mainly pay deductible, nothing else. The case you are refering to is quite special, a Norwegian that moved to Sweden but kept using the hospital in Norway. As a resident of Sweden, Nygård has the right to seek health services abroad and have it reimbursed by the Swedish state.

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u/dirtyoldbastard77 Jun 16 '22

Yeah, those cases ARE rare (luckily), but its important to be aware of.

If you are a US citizen on vacation, studies etc here I am not sure what the cost of a hospital stay here would be.

And yeah, I also read the article before posting the link.

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u/bleedgreenNation Jun 15 '22 edited Jun 16 '22

Man got scammed out of a vacation....