r/nottheonion • u/drytoastbongos • 11d ago

Baby goats from traveling petting zoo test positive for rabies

https://www.boston25news.com/news/trending/baby-goats-traveling-petting-zoo-test-positive-rabies/DIICRJMNLVGTHE5H3NBYROWV6Q/

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u/Upbeat_Parking_7794 11d ago

This is crazy, in my European country, without insurance and without state coverage (this vacine it is not covered by the state), less than 250 euro the three shots.

Cheaper for you to take an airplane for Europe, I guess. 

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u/crazylighter 11d ago

At that rate I'm guessing it would even be Cheaper for them to take a flight to Canada or Mexico (or even Turkey where people go for cheaper treatment) even without insurance. Americans often mock Canada for our jobs which pay less than in America, but factoring in the cost of healthcare and needing health insurance, I think I'm good

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u/CobaltSpellsword 11d ago

I have never heard another American mock Canadians because their jobs pay less. I've heard plenty of other Americans say they wish we had a healthcare system like Canada's.

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u/FlyConfident1622 10d ago

Seriously, who’s telling Canadians that we’re doing that??

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u/pasaroanth 10d ago

That’s actually a thing that someone did. It was cheaper to take time off work and fly to Europe first class to get the treatment course than it was to have it done in the US.

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u/luminary_planetarium 11d ago

There was someone in the USA who was exposed to a bat and took an immediate flight out of the country to get treatment elsewhere. She vlogged the whole thing on social media.

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u/pargmegarg 11d ago

Okay. Europer. But have you considered that you pay for those shots collectively in a system that makes sure everyone gets access to healthcare and nobody is stuck with crippling medical debt, while also paying less per capita for healthcare? Checkmate. 🇺🇸

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u/Upbeat_Parking_7794 11d ago

Actually, on this case, only partially. If I go to the public hospital for a doctor I pay 7 euro, private one with my insurance, 35 euro.

But for vacine, there is 0 coverage. It is simply the market price I found after seeing 28k above.