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Thats sooo crazy to me. Just for reference: I am german, I had an elbow injury a couple of months ago that had to be operated, was picked up by the ambulance, spent 3 nights in the hospital and got Physiotherapy after for roughly 20 sessions (20 minutes per session) to build up flexibility and strength again and the total amount I had to spend was 0€ and I was on paid leave for 6 weeks + after 6 weeks I still got 60% of my regular salary.
For contrast, in USA, ankle injury. Billing to my insurance was at US$8k pre surgical already between images and consults. Ankle surgery was US$44k. My insurance pays 50-90% depending on what it is.
In an area where anything within 300% of the federal poverty level is considered poverty wages though, so with a family of five on a single income we (albeit barely) qualified for full financial aid from the hospital. It will cover most of what is left after insurance. But for some reason not the anesthesiologist, even though they are employed by the hospital in our system and you have to have anesthesia for surgery.
More bullshit lies