From my experience in Germany, getting a proper diagnosis is often the hard part; I think that may actually be easier in the USA, US doctors have clear economic incentive to diagnose you with something and either way a diagnosis is usually much cheaper than the treatment.
Plus, even if I knew my issues would be treated in another country, I’d have great difficulty migrating there - it’s a very specific subset of ill people who are desperate enough to migrate to a different country but still able enough, and wealthy enough, to actually go through with it.
From the perspective of health insurances, it depends; pills can be pretty cheap, but surgery is usually expensive. I don’t think psychotherapy comes cheap, either.
Unless you’re close to death they won’t put any effort into diagnosis but once you actually get diagnosed the treatment in the Netherlands is pretty good.
The healthcare system suffers from years of budget cuts, bad working conditions and our education system being gradually demolished.
If your Dutch they will tell you to take paracetamol for 2 weeks and make a new appointment if you still have the same problem.
Dutch medicine is the worst, man. They will Google symptoms in front of you and just treat those, no thinking of the bigger picture.
I go abroad to visit doctors now.
meanwhile i have multiple friends who moved from America to the Netherlands to get their medical issues actually treated
From my experience in Germany, getting a proper diagnosis is often the hard part; I think that may actually be easier in the USA, US doctors have clear economic incentive to diagnose you with something and either way a diagnosis is usually much cheaper than the treatment.
Plus, even if I knew my issues would be treated in another country, I’d have great difficulty migrating there - it’s a very specific subset of ill people who are desperate enough to migrate to a different country but still able enough, and wealthy enough, to actually go through with it.
You might think but I bet the diagnosis in America is more expensive then the treatment somewhere else…
From the perspective of health insurances, it depends; pills can be pretty cheap, but surgery is usually expensive. I don’t think psychotherapy comes cheap, either.
Unless you’re close to death they won’t put any effort into diagnosis but once you actually get diagnosed the treatment in the Netherlands is pretty good.
The healthcare system suffers from years of budget cuts, bad working conditions and our education system being gradually demolished.
Hahahha experienced that in Austria too
Here in Germany they won’t even recommend the paracetamol, they’ll just tell you to drink tea and rest.
At least you don’t have to pay $100 for the privilege of wasting your time.
Wait until you see what “insurance” costs.