I remembered this old meme the other day and it got me thinking; can you actually travel to Europe as a US citizen exclusively to take advantage of the more affordable healthcare?
I remembered this old meme the other day and it got me thinking; can you actually travel to Europe as a US citizen exclusively to take advantage of the more affordable healthcare?
Yes but
Full healthcare coverage is typically limited to fiscal resident, so you’ll have to pay out of pocket. That said to my understanding the US price are so absurd, that we’re like 10 times cheaper than you before insurance like a GP visit costing let’s say 30 EUR, while in the US you’d pay 300 US$ (Giving a doctor seeing 6 patient per hour revenue in the 1800 US$ per hour that’s just ridiculous, even when deducing taxes/rent/insurance and more). This is also why medical tourism is a thing.
That said, a big limit, is do you want to be away from your loved ones, in a country you don’t speak the language post surgery ?
That $300/visit doesn’t go to the dr before it passes through several layers of bureaucracy, each of which skims their fee.
Not to say that doctors aren’t well compensated. They are.
Don’t forget staff payroll has to come or if that too