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[quote=Anonymous]We're in a European country with socialized medicine.

Before we were in the healthcare system, I needed an MRI. I booked it online at the location of my choosing for 4 days later and paid 200 Euros cash for it. Had we been in the healthcare system by then, it would have been mostly covered.

Then I needed to the visit the ER. The bill was 68 Euros.

We have multiple services here that provide house calls - again mostly covered, about 75 Euros if you're not in the system yet.

I can see a general medicine doctor the next day by booking online if I'm flexible on location. I booked my new patient gynecologist appointment about 2 months out - because it wasn't urgent, I was fine with wait.

Prescriptions are mostly covered, but even paying cash usually 10 or less.

The only real drawbacks I've found are long ER waits if your case is not truly urgent and long specialist waits if you want to see only a specific doctor. If you are flexible on who you see, you get in much faster.

Also, I find some medications that are approved in the US are not approved here and doctors tend to be more cautious about prescribing. And our pediatrician doesn't work weekends at all, not even on-call, so we rely on house call services outside business hours. It would be nice to talk to our doctor, but I understand why they don't work after hours.

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