Comments on: Real-time French health care

By: Health Defender

Health Defender — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:07:33 +0000

Such healthcare issues made my friend move out of her country, looks like I will do the same…

By: hammy

hammy — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:25:29 +0000

I hope you feel better! And I hope the school appointment went well :)

By: Bruce B

Bruce B — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:03:08 +0000

$250 just for the prescription!!! For allergy medication?!?. Must be some kinda' crypto/commie/fascist/marxist gum'mint plot! Oh wait, he was able to pay only 20% of that $250 just for the prescription, 'cause insurance companies get 30% to 40% of that, so it must be okay. [sigh...]

By: fraise

fraise — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:04:59 +0000

So normal and banal indeed, that my European friends are probably going to think I’m terribly weird for writing about a bad tummy ache on the Internet :-) I’m going to have to explain how a GP appointment can cost $250 again! (That was what my brother was charged recently for an allergy medication prescription – he didn’t even see the doctor, just asked for a prescription renewal. And yes, that’s $250 just for the prescription, not for the medication itself.)

By: Bruce B

Bruce B — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:23:49 +0000

Sorry to hear you were sick. Glad you’re in France, where this kind of health care is absolutely *normal* to the point of being completely banal. ;-D