• Matty Roses@lemmy.today
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    2 days ago

    I’ve got a “Cadillac” plan in Spain, which for a family of 4 is about 5K a year. No copays or anything. Occasionally I’ll have a prescription which will cost €20, and the farmacist will get angry on my behalf.

    In the US, we were paying $25,000 (pretax) in premiums for a meh plan with copays at every turn.

    • MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.world
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      10 hours ago

      I love that.

      In Canada the eyecare industry is a capitalist hellscape. We just got national dental care and now the opticians and eye doctors are jealous and revolting against their own system because people are buying their contacts and glasses online and not going to the eye doctor. Less and less people have jobs that cover eye care so the ones I talk to want their industry socialized like everyone else’s in the health industry.

    • wake@quokk.au
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      1 day ago

      Mind giving more detail? Who is the insurance provider and how did you sign up?

      • Matty Roses@lemmy.today
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        22 hours ago

        In Spain? I moved to Spain, and use Sanitas. My bank offers additional benefits since I signed through them - but honestly, as an American, they could be overcharging me massively and I’d never notice.

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          53 minutes ago

          In Spain, yeah. Sanitas seems like a popular option for visa holders. The cost seems amazing, one year is about what I’d pay per month in the US.