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I was born in Poland. Yes the system sucks but US is on another level.

Imagine visiting a hospital for an emergency, and receiving 10 bills from different doctors totaling to few thousand dollars then fighting with insurance to pay for it.

Universal healthcare brings OVERALL cost down. It makes private treatment cheaper. A crown and root canal costs about $2k in the US. Plus, it is nearly impossible to find cost of a procedure prior to it. It is fking weird.

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Uh ok. Thanks for the perspective. I guess we are better off, because private healthcare here is straightforward and not that expensive for the basics. For a root canal here I paid maybe 200 USD in total.

> For a root canal here I paid maybe 200 USD in total.

For comparison, with insurance in the US my root canal cost about $250 out of pocket.

I have dental, paid $350 for root + $300 for crown. It covers 50%.

I paid ~$200 with no insurance whatsoever.

Interesting. I looked around Chicago area and the cheapest I found was $350 just for root canal.

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