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> At least in US you get the medical treatment first and then they hand you a large bill to pay. In poor countries the hospitals will turn you away until you pay a significant sum in advance (not exaggerating it has happened to me).

To complete the picture, in the truly civilized countries when you're sick you just go to the hospital, and they take care of you, no strings attached.

The whole world is not made just of the USA and some banana republics.




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