Italy, socialized healthcare:

Last year I got involved in a crazy car accident that left me with serious injuries.

1 hour after the accident I already had the first MRI done, a specialist surgeon saw me, determined that my injuries needed a second MRI and a CT scan but that they were not life threatening. A couple of hours later I had all the required tests done and assigned a bed in a room to start recovering. 3 days later I had back surgery and some more days in the hospital to rest. My injuries were not life threatening but the OR was ready for me from the moment they called the hospital saying they were bringing a multi-trauma patient.

In a few months from now, I’ll have to go back to remove the bars they put in my back to keep the vertebrae in place.

The total cost of the whole ordeal was exactly 0€ (unless we want to count the book I asked for to read something during my stay).

Fuck the US healthcare vigorously with a spiked stick. If this happened there, I’d be better death because the debt I’d have now would be insane.