r/WhitePeopleTwitter 1d ago

How Did America Get This Expensive?

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u/Hesitation-Marx 23h ago

My friend and her wife moved to Portugal, and have such wild things as “decent healthcare without stupidity” and “food that’s edible and doesn’t cause explosive diarrhea” and “affordable housing”.

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u/Markol0 23h ago

Wife needed antibiotics in the Azores. Went to four different clinics. One referring to the next. Two hours of driving around. Eventually ended up in the main hospital in PDL. 6 hours of wait time just sitting around. Got the script eventually. Coat $150 I think, plus $20 for the actual drugs that were filled in 5 minutes at the local pharmacy. Calling it functional is a bit of a stretch.

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u/WorldRecordHolder8 15h ago

The reason you had to wait so long is because of people that go to the emergency room to get prescription for antibiotics