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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm getting my dental work done in Colombia. Even with the best insurance my firm offers it's cheaper for me to fly down TWICE, and spend 2 weeks in hotels and pay all out of of pocket than here in the US. Not a little savings mind you, close to $40k USD. Shit's crazy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is that safe? My knowledge of Columbia is limited to what I learned watching Narcos on Netflix. But it did not look like a medically advanced country.

I used the power of search engines. Looks like I’m the big cities, health care is quite adequate. Have a nice trip!

Dental work is often also not covered in the standard insurance in Germany. You either have to get an extra insurance, or you pay out of pocket, or you live with the condition (all serious things are covered, cosmetics often are not). But even then the cost is usually on the hundreds, sometimes in the thousands. 40,000 is more than the average person earns here 🙃

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

Best not to base your understanding of a country on a fictional depiction of what a small part of it was like 35 years ago.