Most of what I know about the US health care service I learned from these boards, but I'm getting the distinct impression you lot pay too much and get too little.
Almost three years ago, I blew a disc in my back. Not a lot of pain, but I was losing feeling in both feet. An MRI (which cost me nothing) showed that the L4/L5 vertebrae were pressing against the sciatic nerve. I was sent to a specialist who tried a series of steroid injections (which didn't work and cost me nothing). It was determined that surgery was the only option left. I had a lumbar laminectomy. The procedure was done by a neurosurgeon and his assistant, accompanied by the anesthesiologist and a surgical nurse. I was sent home the following day, and took two weeks of PT.
All of this cost me...nothing.
Boru
Almost three years ago, I blew a disc in my back. Not a lot of pain, but I was losing feeling in both feet. An MRI (which cost me nothing) showed that the L4/L5 vertebrae were pressing against the sciatic nerve. I was sent to a specialist who tried a series of steroid injections (which didn't work and cost me nothing). It was determined that surgery was the only option left. I had a lumbar laminectomy. The procedure was done by a neurosurgeon and his assistant, accompanied by the anesthesiologist and a surgical nurse. I was sent home the following day, and took two weeks of PT.
All of this cost me...nothing.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
