I am embarrassed to be so ignorant when it comes to the national health care debate. Private vs. Public vs. ? It's all Greek to me. I don't know the difference and I don't have the solution. All I know is...
...Yesterday my ear started hurting and I knew it was an ear infection. I went to the doctor today to get it taken care of. Nice modern office, very clean. Only had to wait about 10 minutes. The doctor spoke good enough English that I felt comfortable as he told me why he was sticking tubes and instruments in my ears. He explained the medication he was prescribing and then the nurse gave me some sort of warm light treatment. Felt great.
Went to pay.
3500 won please ($3)
Um, don't you mean 35,000?
No, 3500. Cheap cheap.
I go to the pharmacy directly across the hall. 2 minute wait. Given ear drops and 3 days of medication and told when to take it. 3700 won. This time it was written down so I know it was right.
Wow. For just over $6, or the same price as a fast food value meal, I visited a first class medical facility, was seen promptly and given medication. I'm guessing that in the States, seeing as I don't have health insurance there, that would have cost me at least a couple hundred dollars plus fifty or so for medication. Even if I had health insurance in the US the co-pay would have been fifty bucks or so.
I don't know how the medical system works over here, all I know is we should send some of our people over here to find out. I'll let you know in a couple of days how the medication worked. But I have great confidence that the infection will soon be gone and I'll be right as rain once again.
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