I was telling my dad that in most of the world you don't have to pay for healthcare OR school and in some cases pension and my older brother immediately runs out (American Nationalist has entered the chat) and starts bleating about how none of that is true
This directly contradicts my experience with people I've known from the EU who paid fuck all for braces, healthcare, school, etc but he will always say "I know people from there" (which I'm assuming is a bunch of right wing shitheels from 4chan with a boner for the USA and unironic Ukrainians) but I get the feeling he is full of shit
he always tells me "mental health is cheap/free in the USA" when he bludgeons me with that and this also directly contradicts my experience of being told that my dads insurance only covers 4 sessions of therapy and that the copay will be $225 dollars an hour when I was 12
what the hell is the truth lmao
In S.Korea they've got national health insurance. Hospitals are private, and you can get private health insurance on top if you want. Most things are very very cheap compared to American prices, but some comparable. I recently got my teeth checked and did some scaling too. It cost me about $13. I bought two covid tests today. You can buy rapid ones at the pharmacy or convenient stores for $6, but you can get a free PCR at the health centre, but it's a long wait because things are getting out of hand. Having kids in Korea costed about $1000, if you reserved a private room, plus a week in the post natal care centre. I