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At this price levels, I bet there is a whole market in the US for do-it-yourself medicine (aka. snake-oil-selling).

For Europeans, this is shocking, I wonder if people in Asia or Africa have similar financial troubles if they ever need medical assistance.

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I paid $2,000 last year for a hospital emergency department to superglue a cut on my son's head, it took 10 minutes. Next time, I'm going to glue it myself.

I tend to work on the basis that Thais get paid about a fifth that Americans do, and this would have cost you $200 by an American-trained doctor in a world-class hospital in Bangkok. If you’re actually poor, social security would cover it.

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