I stayed 4 days 2yrs ago and it was $22k. I thought my insurance covered it because I'm in the Army Reserve with their insurance, but it didn't. They never bothered to tell me that either. They didn't do anything for me except IVs, and a daily blood test. I only ate a tiny bit on the last day. $22k
In America, they remove the wisdom teeth in a chair and throw you out immediately after the surgery when you’re still woozy from anesthesia and have to be driven home.
I had to have my wisdom teeth removed 1 month before my wedding and it cost so much we had to use our honeymoon fund :) 2 years in with a kid on the way and we have yet to go on a honeymoon.
You were actually admitted for wisdom teeth extraction???? I’m in shock!! In the US, that’s done in an oral surgeons office then you’re sent home!!! It’s not done under general anesthesia. I’m an RN and I actually like the way Tokyo does it and you definitely can’t beat the cost!!❤️👍
There's a downside to this. Because there are limits to what doctors can charge per day / per visit, the doctors will stretch things out so they can charge you more. That's probably why they opted to admit. I've gone to the dentist to get some fillings. In the states, they would finish everything in a single visit. In Japan, the Dentist spread it out over 3 or 4 visits. Even so, the price was spectacularly inexpensive. After insurance, the price was like less than $10 per visit. On the first visit, I thought they made a serious error when they told me the charge.
I'm surprised to, I'm from germany, had all 4 removed in one go and it was done locally at their practice. maybe her case was more complicated or she had some other issues?
I had 2 pulled in the US under general anesthesia in the oral surgeons office. It took about 45 minutes and $539. I prefer my own bed so thanks anyway.
I went to the er for critical mental health state. Waited 6hr talked to a doc for 10min for them to tell me i wasnt "severe enough" for them to admit me and send me home with 2k bill. We love America. Note: i was send to the ER by a psychologist doing my assessment, not by myself.
I think in India we'd pay around $5 or so? If it was just a local clinic and not a proper checkup... Unless it's your neighborhood doctor uncle who would do it for free. For a proper checkup in the outpatient department at a decent hospital in Mumbai, it's around Rs 2000 which is around $25... Suddenly I understand all the medical tourism motivation...😅
@@BlueFlash215 You have to be a Japanese citizen to receive state-subsidized health insurance, idk if this guy has dual-citizenship. Having health insurance is a legal requirement in Japan.
@@BENKYismnot just a citizen, even if you just work here you get put on it as well. Also you can't have dual citizenship with a Japanese passport, once you turn 18 you have to choose
My cousin visited us in Florida, slipped and busted open his head and got 8 staples. He was later mailed a bill for $41,000 dollars. He didn’t even stay overnight, he was there for 2 hours. They just have him local anesthesia too
@@Pinkkermit17 the my periods being bad comment is I’ve bled through one of those pads before. They were the only pads I ever used because when I used tampons and a teen pad I would bleed through both
i got very ill while in japan, 2 weeks in and out of hospital, 1 endoscopy, 1 ultrasound, 7 IV bag fluids (medicated) and other medications and many tests, all under 2000$ USD, Japans healthcare is amazing
That's because they charge what things actually cost instead of making healthcare a literal for-profit scam. Hospitals will charge $10 for a single aspirin tablet. US healthcare is shameful.
I live in Japan and spent three weeks in a hospital having my right knee replaced. In my case, the nurses bought the meals into our ward. It took three weeks because they kept me there to complete my physiotherapy. It was an amazing experience. Everyone did their jobs so well. My new knee is perfect. I am on the Japanese health system. Total cost US$900.
I was a week in hospital for bowel cancer surgery in the UK. How was the noise/light in your experience? I found it difficult to sleep given all the beeping and people moving around (I was in a ward with 6 people in my area, connected to a few other similarly sized wards so there was constant activity). It was totally free.
@@jamesaidan4839 only if you are permanent resident or on a long-term visa. I lived in Japan for four years going to college. But if you do not have Japanese health insurance it is insanely expensive, and they want money up front.
@Nelson Galan I completely understand. I was just saying, but honestly, it probably should've been more since all of mine were impacted, and I had to go to an ortho surgeon
In America you don't stay in the hospital - it's done in 30 minutes in the office and you're sent home with a months worth of pain medicine. Simple and easy
i mean even in switzerland which is obv a very prestigious country, you usually go to a dentist, they take your teeth out and you go home. you only go to the hospital if you need special treatment for some reason, and even then you wouldn't stay for more than a day. and wisdom teeth removal is pretty expensive too, teeth issues are almost never really covered by insurance, or at least not fully, unless you have a special insurance for that. edit: i do want to say, though, that we have a social welfare system that functions well enough that no one indebts themselves unresolvingly from a procedure as necessary as wisdom teeth removal. that's where the difference to the usa lies.
Every health care system has pros and cons. This girl is taking a bed in a HOSPITAL to have wisdom teeth pulled. For every person that goes to a hospital because it’s dirt cheap that’s a bed taken from someone who NEEDS it. There’s a reason wait times for procedures in countries like this is astronomical. Go look up the wait time to have an MRI in Canada. You people need to stop acting like healthcare in the US is trash and every other country has it figured it out perfectly. It’s incredibly ignorant.
@@YennP if you think 10 days is bad I encourage you to find out what the wait time in free healthcare countries is lmao…. Clearly you haven’t looked that up. When everyone and their dog is going to an ER because they have a sore throat cause it’s free makes it incredibly difficult to have actual required procedures done. Every healthcare system has its pros and cons. You’re ignorant as hell if you believe free healthcare is a superior system. I’m not saying the US is better or worse. I’m merely saying a lot of you who support the systems in countries like Japan either choose to ignore the cons or are completely oblivious to them. Go check the average wait time to get an appointment for an X ray or MRI in Canada or any other country with socialized healthcare
Except what everyone fails to realize is that Japan subsidizes these services through a ridiculous inheritance tax that strips most everyone of up to 55%, with working class people inheriting under a million USD still paying up to 30%. By the way, your experience in the US is exactly the same as in Canada, where we pay through our noses for socialized healthcare and still do NOT get dental coverage. You are not special, Americans. Most governments in the world are corrupt, wasteful, and ineffective. Welcome to the club.
Medical costs are subsidized here and you cover the 30% co-pay. However... the monthly premiums are insane, starting at around $250 a month for the average worker. A lot of services I need like skin checks (and anything to do with skin cancer), sexual health testing, and mental health, aren't covered by the national health insurance system at all. It may seem like a fantastic system but trust me, it has many flaws. (Australian perspective)
It's not expensive for everyone I had my wisdom teeth removed didn't cost me a dime (in the USA) went to the hospital the other day found out I have high blood pressure. Didn't pay a dime for it. I think the meds were 1 dollar. And I'm not rich with some insane insurance I'm definitely not poor and homeless but not rich. So not everyone in the usa is complaining about the Healthcare system.
Just stop voting democrat and we can fix it. The best proof I have my theory. LASIK. Was super expensive when the government cared about it. Now look. It’s not covered but people still want it and others need jobs. So they make a deal that works out for both parties and what do you it got super cheap. Government is the cause of most of Americans problems
I had wisdom tooth removal in germany (all four at once) They just send you home the same day and give you a one week leave from work, no hospital needed.
Bruh there's for of them ? I figured it was just 2 😢mine are starting to bother me when I eat but they don't hurt just kinda hurts my gums whenever I chew
My wisdom tooth surgery in America lasts about 1 hour. Costs $800 and I had to pay ON THE SPOT before going in. As an exchange student from Malaysia, that was an eye opening experience. BTW I this done in 2011. Prices nowadays would be MUCH higher.
I paid $200 in Sweden, but immigrants get discounts, so they only pay $5 for some reason. but we can pay 30 days later, and you can also pay with a 12 month plan for example.
As far as I know, wisdom teeth in Australia are removed at the dentist, not doctor. No overnight stay! I suspect it would be as expensive as American dentist. Although we have a great hospital/gp free service for pensioners, dentists fought savagely to not be in the subsidised health system. Specialist doctors can be seen at discounted or occasional freebie - BUT you often wait for a year or two if not urgent. State dentists do almost nothing but fillings and pulling teeth. Lose all your teeth and you wait ages to get the most basic false teeth. I had a heart attack and had op day after and my only expense was getting home, as I came in by ambulance.
I love the personal care you receive. The friendly staff to make sure you're ok and the visitors to help pass the time. How was it sharing your room for 3 days with a stranger? What if you missed the Robot that came by to bring your food? I'm glad you were able to have your wisdom teeth removed while you were abroad. And that the procedure seemed to go well. ❤️
$1,300 US? WTF! ..... I had a wisdom tooth removed during my lunch break. I drove my self to the oral surgeon. I took no sedatives (valium)Valium, and had only a local anesthetic, so I could drive myself home (didn't need my wife to take time off work to take and collect me). Then I went back to work. The only post-procedure pain relief I needed was Tylenol - I was a bit sore for 3-4 days. As far as I remember, the out of pocket cost was about $60.
In Sweden you just get local anesthesia when they pull out your wisdom teeth. They send you home right after the procedure and all you get is basic painkillers.
@@ElJavopopo Yes the procedure it self works just fine with local anesthesia. You only feel pain afterwards anyway. But they don't pull out 4 at a time like in this clip. Just 1 or 2. The worst part is that you have to come back a couple weeks later and do it all over again...
@@john-john2873 Why wouldn't they pull 4 at a time? I just had all 4 of mine yanked out in the US. lol local anesthesia, wake up an hour later and get driven home. All i got was like 2 days worth of very tiny bits of painkillers and some ibuprofen...
@@TC04GT If you "wake up an hour later" you probably got something stronger than local anesthesia, more like sedation anesthesia or whatever it is called when they put you out. Local anesthesia is just an injection you get in your mouth and you are fully conscious during the procedure, which takes 10-30 minutes
@@john-john2873 In Finland, I had all 4 of mine removed in local anesthesia in one go. Took about an hour or so to remove them, drove to the pharmacy, picked up some pain meds and went home. Another hour later the pain started to kick in, but the meds were sufficient enough to take the edge off. After a few days everything was pretty much normal again.
In Germany you just go to the dentist, you get local anaesthesia and they pull them out. For 4 teeth it takes about 30 minutes and you can just go home after. If it swells just put ice on it and take a pill 🤷🏼♀️
That's how it should be, if something can be done under local anesthesia it should be done under local anesthesia. General anesthesia is way more risky for patient, way more resources consuming ect You'll be swollen anyway. Maybe she was extremely complicated case, majority of ppl aren't
I didn't even feel it when they pulled my second wisdom tooth after I had local anaesthesia. And it was just the regular dentist in his office who did it, got some swabs to put where my tooth used to be to soak up the blood.
Same in Germany. I was flabbergasted when she said it was for her wisdom teeth after seeing all this prep Edit; I just realized I wrote Germany. I’m an American 😂
Same in UK. Had my lower left one removed because of toothache/decay. They used local anaesthesia, it barely hurt at all and i was fine in a couple of hours. I nearly decided to go back to work, but decided against it
In Brazil it's free, but you have to wait a few weeks, sometimes a month. It depends on your condition: if you're having fever or difficulty for eat, you'll probably be treated faster. If you're able to wait, you will. The health center of your neighborhood will mark you an appointment with the orthodontist, then he marks the day to take your teeth off. He takes the teeth out, gives you a sheet with eating and other instructions, you'll go home and rest for a few days (generally you'll receive a week off of work/school to recover). Not the prettiest hospitals, doesn't have the most technological equipments, you have to wait (sometimes a lot), but it's free and it works equal for everyone. Also there are public pharmacys with some basic medicines (ibuprofen, Prednisone, amoxicillin, fluoxetina, and some basic stuff) for free with the doctor's prescription. It's called SUS - sistema universal de saúde (universal health care system).
@@karivitou2816 To me in Europe paying for such basic treatments seems a trap. Also the big thing isn't that we have it free. It's that we have CHOICE and you can choose thinking of your income etc. You're not obligated to go to a public clinic, but if you can't afford a private one they're there for you
@@padredayz Estou falando sobre os postos de saúde pois são neles que você remove dentes e pega remédio de graça. Esses funcionam super bem. O que demora muito é consulta com especialista, tipo psiquiatra. Na UPA realmente existem casos de pessoas morrendo esperando por atendimento. A comparação feita aqui é: nos EUA muitas pessoas morrem por não terem condições de ir ao médico. Aqui existem quantos casos de alguém morrendo por não ter condições de pagar um médico? Nenhum porque aqui tem o sistema público de saúde onde você não precisa pagar, então a população pobre consegue ter acesso. O que acontece é que esse sistema é alvo de muito desvio de dinheiro, não possuindo médicos ou equipamentos o suficiente para atender a todos e em momentos de superlotação morrem pessoas esperando atendimento. O problema não é o SUS e sim quem gerencia ele. Quando eu precisei, demorei para ser atendida, mas fui atendida e salvou a minha vida, literalmente. Não vou entrar em detalhes porque é algo bem pessoal, mas se não fosse o SUS eu estaria morta nesse exato momento porque eu não tenho condição nenhuma de pagar um médico.
In Britain it’s also free, but you have to wait a couple of years before you can get most kinds of surgery. Even urgent cancer patients have to wait weeks on our ‘world class’ NHS.
Pain meds... lol!!! Not anymore! They’ll hook you up with a 28x overpriced script for Tylenol or ibuprofen though. God forbid the pain meds actually make you feel OKAY
In Malaysia, it can be as low as 50cents USD as high 500 depending on where you go. Public dental clinics cost around 50csnts while private clinics cost as low as 30++ dollars
Malaysias health cate is very good. Most specialists also have overseas accreditation as well. It's all very affordable and comprehensive. People do fly in from other countries like the US for complex surgeries and treatments in private hospitals.
@@delaslightit's not noticeable at all, and most of us in countries with free Healthcare would absolutely choose this if given a choice, because you never have to worry about having to pay anything for an accident,and we are very healthy because we can get checkups for minor things without worry (canadian speaking)
@@delaslight Your understanding of 'ethics' is about is far reaching as the folded arms of the frowning child that hates anyone else having some. It's ok. One day, someone else that you love dearly will be on a ventilator or needing to be pumped full of morphine in end of life paleative care, and you'll finally work out that everyone else paid to make all of that less shitty for you. Not everything's about you.
@@delaslight The problem with insurance is that you still may have to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars out of pocket when getting medical treatment. It would be nice to pay for insurance and not have to worry about getting an expensive bill on top of that.
@@delaslightthat’s so ridiculous and selfish. You’re forgetting that things can happen to you even when you’re young and if they do, other people will be paying for your care. Why should some people pay hundreds a month for private insurance while others can’t afford it at all when it can just be spread out among everyone and cost each person much less? You’re also forgetting we all STILL have to pay for the care of all those uninsured people because of the losses hospitals incur from unpaid bills from the uninsured. Those get written off a taxes, but those dollars have to get made up somewhere which makes our taxes higher anyway. Universal healthcare reduces the cost of care because there ARE no unpaid bills to offset, and more people getting care means problems are caught earlier before they become far more costly.
@@delaslightThe fact you say “I live in Europe” but don’t actually specify which country in Europe leads me to suspect that you don’t actually live in any European country at all 😂. Most likely you’re probably just a bot and are just looking to be divisive 😂. BTW nobody who’s genuinely from any European country says “I live in Europe”
@@pictzone He's lying through his teeth. I recently had to get a root canal done due to irreversible pulpitis from an unlucky filling. It was $150 for everything including the root canal, core buildup, and color matched molded metal cap.
@@antikommunistischaktion idk man your american stories seem to be widly inconsistent. i'm not saying people are lying, but it's unbelievable how much variation is between states, doctors and insurances
I had 4 impacted wisdom teeth removed and had to leave the dentists office an hour after surgery. I didn’t know people get admitted to the hospital for this type of surgery.
They don’t in Canada in an out in 1 hour , but I was talking to a guy from Australia a moment ago an he was saying it’s a very serious surgery there I suppose it depends where you live
the way they do it in my country.. one side first, theb take a break for a week, then the otherside. This is so you can eat at least one side of your mouth. But no need for admission, also I felt fine moving around and went to get an iced drink after
I think it depends on how crooked the wisdom teeth is, some people have theirs like an ingrown hair and it might even be crashing the root of the nearby teeth and general anesthesia is optional for people afraid of pain for this kind of major surgery.
As a German I am not shocked by the price but by being an inpatient for wisdom teeth removal. I hat all four taken out (non had come through and at least one was sideways) under general anaesthesia at 18 and my mom picked me up an hour later. The week afterwards was rough but nothing to warrant inpatient in my opinion. I even got sideways glances for the general anaesthesia, usually people only get a local one here.
I had all 4 taken out under general anesthetic. Did stay overnight but it was because I was in the military and the clinic was on a different base. We got to pick general or local.
As an American: same. I only had the one wisdom tooth out and paid about $500 to have it done under general because I have dental extraction related trauma. Was sent home same day from the outpatient clinic. Spending the night before admitted to the hospital is really excessive 😂
My son’s 4 wisdom teeth extraction was to cost $4000 in US (Western WA) so we flew to Japan and paid 100% out if our picket there (no insurance, as we are US residents). The total was $400. After that, we had a nice summer vacation, including a dinner in Ginza!
How much was the airfare? I live on the east coast and visiting Japan is my life’s biggest dream but the plane tickets are the only reason o can’t. They are about $3,000 per person from Atlanta round trip! Didn’t that kind of cancel out any savings? I’m sure it’s less from where you live, but even at half the cost it seems like that plus hotel and other expenses would have canceled out your savings. Unless of course you just wanted the holiday there anyway. 😊
@@tituswill7874 wow, I just checked and they have some in September from Atlanta for $800! I’ve been tracking prices every couple of months for years and I’ve never seen it anywhere near this low! If my husband wasn’t recovering from spinal surgery I’d suggest we go next month.
That's pretty stupid. My wife is from Japan which is an amazing place but the cost of airfare alone is $3000+ roundtrip and Tokyo is not cheap. If you ended up with an infection your vacation would have been ruined.
In the US, they tell you not to eat and give you a valium to take before you show up for your surgery, they operate and then after you will spend some time in recovery while they watch you ... then they send you home. The whole thing happens in a few hours and costs at least 10 times as much.
You're assuming that one can even be operated on in the US. It was determined that I needed an operation on my knee. The operation would have been a complete success for everyone that matters -- i.e., the billion dollar bureaucracy that would have preformed the operation (as I have insurance) -- even though it turned out to be medical unnecessary for me. I couldn't have the operation, however, as I don't have a wife or "close friend" they could have foisted me off on immediately after the vivisection. Three days in a hospital for a wisdom tooth extraction? They wouldn't give you that long for a heart transplant -- assuming they'd give you a heart transplant at all! Truly, if you're an American and need medical care, what you need is not a good doctor but a good travel agent.
Shorter hospital stays are better for recovery. People who stay in hospital get hospital acquired infections and recover slower. It’s actually evidence based to get people out faster.
what kind of hospital gave you pain meds before even having surgery?? i had abdominal surgery and never took pain stuff til after because its not at all necessary, i even had gallstones and a gallbladder infection that was so painful i couldnt stand up. i was in the recovery room for a few hours and was able to walk to the car myself within 5 hours of being there because the surgery immediately got rid of the pain. ive had 2 surgeries and neither required anything besides a liquid youre supposed to shower with to 'disinfect' your body thats stronger than regular soap so theres less chance of any contamination from shampoos, lotion, etc
I had all 4 wisdom teeth extracted 18 years ago. No anesthesia. Just a local that needed more injections as it wore off. Zero instructions to take home after 4 hours in the chair.... I so need to move! I bectya she didn't get dry socket,either. That's the difference between quality medical care for sure!
In the UK it’s the same but you aren’t given a Valium pre - op anymore . The American medical system is the most expensive in the world . They over charge people imo . However , It’s also known to be the best in the world. We have the NHS which is free and it’s good but it’s crumbling because our Conservative government is destroying it on purpose to get rid of it and privatise medicine
@@ilovericelol is not an exaggeration. I took my wife to the ER for severe abdominal pain. They gave her Tylenol-3 and administered an MRI. They put her in a small sofa with a curtain around it and called it a "semi-private room." After 2hrs of being there, checked by a Nurse Practitioner (not a real Doctor) we went home. After that night the pain subsided and my wife was fine. Based on her symptoms we think it was a urinary track infection or just air that was trapped... The total bill for those 2hrs was $17,000 dollars! Since we had Employer sponsored medical insurance, we only paid $1,800 for the out of pocket deductible. That means that the insurance paid approximately $10K to 12K, of the medical bill. You see, hospitals charge exuberant charges because they know insurance companies pay those charges. They code every single action as a charge. So health insurance rather just pay because they know that they can just increase the premiums on customers each year. Now, if you don't have health insurance, you have to fight those charges and plead with the hospital to reduce the bill, otherwise that bill could hunt you for the rest of your life. There is no law that says a Hospital can not charge whatever they want. Hospitals are predatory businesses that their only concern is to enrich their shareholders. It really sucks!
@@excusemenoexcusemeno1671 That's criminal! I mean 17k for 2 hours??? Though I read somewhere that a US hospital charged a new father $40 for skin to skin contact with his newborn. Man! Glad your bills were mostly covered and your wife's ok though. Sheesh
@@danielvilliers612 You don't get legislation by voting for a president. You get legislation done by voting for Congress. Bernie would have been stuck with his ideas which some are kind of far fetched. But if he was president the only thing he could do is raise taxes or rule by executive order. Which can be reversed by the next president. Look what happened to Obamacare? It was a popular choice for many Americans but the Republicans gutted it down. I rather have Universal Healthcare care pay system where the government regulates prices for medical procedures. But if you're president, you need to have some friends in the other side if you want things done. Otherwise you'll be a lame duck president like Trump.
Here in the UK you go to a dental surgery and get them removed, depending on your finacial situation it can be subsidised or free, but even if you have to pay in full, it's a few hundred quid at most.
@@MrDwightsimon that's a made up currency. I mean all currency is made up but quid is some monopoly money ain't nobody know what it means some old lady on it haha i throw that shit out if i get it
@@MrDwightsimon quid is not the name of the currency. It's like saying a hundred bucks in the US, it's just used informally The UK money is called pound
i was pushed out of the office so fast, the pharmacist hadn’t even had a chance to fill my prescription for pain medication. wound up sobbing in the car while the lidocaine slowly wore off.
Boy, sounds like my wisdom teeth removal. The dentist was taking everybody in the office to Vegas for the weekend (this was in Phoenix AZ) and I was the last patient around noon on Friday. They could not get rid of me quickly enough! Pulled those teeth, next thing I'm sitting in my car dazed and bleeding.
@@HighLow_Milo They could leave, if their medicals are as expensive as they say, then they should save a few thousand to travel to anyone of the great countries that offer "free" health care. Would be cheaper to get on a flight and total cost for leaving would be so much cheaper than staying in America.
In Belgium, in many cases, employees have hospitalization insurance paid by the employer or the employee pays a small contribution. The partner and children can join this. The end result is that at the end of the day, irrespective of the procedure, the employee pays only a small contribution, negligible when converted into dollars.
@@Morcyo - Irresponsible! And that means that in the meantime nothing special should happen to prevent you from having additional financial problems. To illustrate: since a few months I have recovered from a shoulder operation (tendon transfer) and therefore rehabilitate for a year. On the invoice I was able to read that three days of accommodation and the operation were a total of +- 18,000 dollars. Including care afterwards and with intervention, this cost me less than 100 dollars. Take good care of yourself.
Those “diapers for old people” are actually called briefs! Us nurses, CNA, LPNs will NEVER call them “diapers for old people”. It makes the person feel less than being that since they’re for older people that need to be taken cared of that they already feel useless and calling the diapers will just make them feel worse.
Aren't you an absolute sweetheart! Thanks for advocating for the elderly. The worst thing about needing those is that's when medical ppl decide you need nursing home care.
@@sunshineandwarmthuh please do your homework, I’ve been a nurse for 42 years ( almost 66 still practicing) 21 years in geriatrics ( elderly) I work in an amazing long term care facility and yes sometimes people need more care than what people are able to provide at home.
@@kathyharmon2093 don't know where you are, I'm therapy (who teach ppl how to change themselves or how their spouses, etc can do it wo hurting themselves). But you know darned well, changing adult loved ones, especially heavy ones, is not anyone's idea of an ideal way to spend their elderly age, and social workers are brilliant at getting them off the hook and getting incontinent patients into nursing homes. It's an extremely lucrative business and using the distasteful job of changing "nappies" on patients is the best way to get it. Wh is why it's the determining factor.
In 2018 I got hospitalized for 3 days due to bacterial infection, got treated by specialist and various medication, and only billed RM15 (3.41 usd). I'm so blessed to live in Malaysia. Medical bill for Malaysian are subsidised up to 99% of it's actual cost.
Some cases have to. I had impacted wisdom tooth and a thin jaw bone. There is chance my bone will break during the process. So I cant be operate on chair as they need to prepare the worst.
@@wannabewanderer3861 no, if your wisdom teeth are impacted they surgically need to go in to remove them, what you're talking about it when wisdome teeth are already emerging at the surface so it can just be pulled out
Same. I got lucky to have 5, I repeat FIVE impacted wisdom teeth. I was sat in a chair, drilled deep in my jaw, while awake and only with local anesthesia. I chose to get them all removed in one go, so you can imagine the swelling of 5 wisdom teeth extractions. And the day after it I was working.
My friend who works in Japan said that hospitals and clinic will refuse to let you go until they are sure that you are 100% okay. They won't even let you go even if your blood pressure is only above or below average by decimals.
My daughter stayed 5 days in DC for the flu, total $50,000+ 😭😭😭 I will never forget that!! The only “expensive” treatment she had was one IV bag of immunoglobulin… the rest was Tylenol, crappy microwave food, and being woken up all hours of the night every 3 hours for vitals 😢 yes…. I paid every penny for her, but it’s not fair!
Omg, I don’t feel so bad to buy designer bags anymore. I am super healthy. Sorry for your experience though. It’s indeed outrageous. US healthcare system is a scam.
Omg, that is criminally expensive! My daughter was in the NICU for a month when she was born and I saw the bill. It was around $950k. I was on medi-cal at the time and didn’t have to pay anything thank god because I had just gone from being homeless when I found out I was pregnant (she honestly saved my life! I turned my life around when I found out I was pregnant with her). But, had I not had insurance, I would have had to file for bankruptcy for sure. But I have a happy, healthy 10 year old now so I thank god for her every day 🥰
Why did you keep her in the hospital for 5 days in the first place? Also I just had a $38,000 back surgery in the United States, but thanks to my insurance I paid a $50 copay. A lot of people in the US are not smart and will go to hospitals that are not in network, it's not hard to do a little bit of research that'll save you 49,950 🤦🏽
Dude, I had to pay 300 just to be seen, and another 1000 for stitches, antiseptic, and local anesthesia. That lasted 1.5 hours in the ER before I left.
I had my appendix removed for free and two doses of antibiotics for 2€, one free one I had to pay the 2€ fees... my brother had a cast on his hand and 3-4 checkups all for nothing,... Americans pls do something about your medical care... on Google, it says it costs 6000-13000$ for appendix removal. That's concerning.
@@incemomnia No it costs your insurance 16k, after insurance you might not pay anything or even less than $600 as a co pay. Unless you are uninsured which is ridiculous because Medicare has a pretty wide net. Actually the fact that we have Medicare, Obamacare, and other healthcare government programs, the hospitals are pricing for THEM not for you. Additionally there’s a lot of billing errors exactly because people don’t pay these bills but insurance companies. So if you want to reduce the bill, ask for an itemized list of goods and services and you can knock of 10k from that alone. The only problem with American healthcare is inflated prices due to government subsidies.
@kimmie Wise after insurance, my total bill was still well over 8k. Insurance doesn't do what you think it does, apparently? Most people in addition to paying a lot monthly have to pay a premium before everything is covered by insurance, and generally, that is quite high. Also, there is no longer Obamacare in the US. Medicaid isn't as easy to get as you assume. There are financial restrictions. I made $50 too much per year to qualify. I was forced to pay over $500/mo for health insurance alone or got penalized due to obamacare. I'm also disabled, but too young to be approved for SSDI so medicare is not achievable yet. The system is rigged against the people in the US. The Healthcare industry essentially runs a giant fraud against the people it claims to serve and the corporations for the sole reason that they can get away with it. The US doesn't have a tendering system in order to keep pricing competitive and keep quality imperative as with other countries. Additionally Healthcare and pharmaceutical companies spend a lot of money lobbying in the US to protect their interests and not the interest of the people they claim to serve.
@@kimmiewise1044 You do realize that YOU are still paying for those government programs to exist, yes? That's what taxes go toward, so it's not like their overpricing isn't hurting the public at large either.
I had my wisdom teeth removed at the dentist office about 3 years ago. It took two visits because the dentist said it was best to do it one side at a time. I paid about $150 and the insurance paid the rest.
I have been japan for 13 years now and have yet to go to a Japanese medical facility for myself yet only for family members. The hospitals are so legit in all ways I love them
But here people go to the hospitals for no reason whatsoever as well. They are major hypochondriacs here in Japan. Cough one time, and you have a cold (kaze) and they rush to see the doctor to get medicine. Insane.
It should be noted that you can also choose to just go home after the extraction in Japan, in which case the cost is around 200USD if you have no insurance at all, or 60 USD with most Japanese insurances (you only pay 30%).
Yeah dental stuff is pretty cheap in public healthcare in Japan. I once got 3 fillings for 3500 yen total. Granted it was a countryside dentist and two of them were shoddy work, one even led to having to get a root canal removed 😅
Here for 600 you could stay even on a whole private station. here daily hospital cost is around 17 euros I think it's 16 dollar. that's it. and to me already too much. but we pay proper insurance and have proper insurance system....
My roommate lost his job, and lost his dental insurance last year right before he broke a tooth. He tried to keep it clean, but it ended up getting infected and he almost died because the infection started to close his airways. He was in the ICU for like 4 days, and had one surgery. His medical bill was like $130k all together. Luckily we live in a state that has a great medicaid program that he luckily qualified for because he had been door dashing trying to save up money to see an oral surgeon, which wasn't reported income because you report that income quarterly. So he ended up not having to pay any of it, but it goes to show that the american healthcare system forces people to wait until they have a serious issue before they can even get help, and then when they do they can accumulate the equivalent debt as buying a condo.
The problem is to get your wisdom teeth pulled in the US isn't a 3 day event. It's at most a whole afternoon. You just "recover" back in your own home.
@@JACpotatos This depends on the situation. Some cases can be much more difficult than others, depending on how the teeth are ingrown. It can be a short surgery or it can be a long and complex process.
In Germany they don't put you under but numb the area instead, you just get them pulled at the dentist and go home.. I'm still amazed that it's such a big thing in other countries. Also the cost is zero £/€
in the 70s, the dentist took out both my wisdom teeth, woke me up and I walked home immediately afterwards and took care of myself. Cost was total of $200.
In my area it's about $250-$450. Takes a couple hours and you go home. I have never heard it referred to as surgery. 🤦🏼 I guess Japan is more than America.
In Australia Medicare covers most of a hospital stay and staff bring the meals to the beds. Depending on what you are in the hospital for you may not need to pay anything
Across the ditch in NZ it's about the same. Due to 4 of the meds I'm on (or the conditions) dentists refuse to pull any of my teeth. So I end up in hospital and it is free.
Damn.. in the Netherlands you go to your dentist, they remove your wisdom teeth and on the same day you need to pick up your painkillers and desinfectant yourself at the pharmacy. 😂 (most of the time it’s completely free tho)
How nice you get pain killer. In the USA they only give you over the counter meds now. Taking away pain medication for needed medical purposes has not save one addict.
You normally go to the dentist in the UK too . If you have complications then you can go to the hospital . Picking up your own painkillers and disinfectant is strange 😂😂
@@JAM661 Main issue is that the US has not approved certain Medications such as Metamizol. Which is insane, but it ahd a 1: 1 Million chance of rare side effects. And thus didn't get approved. And instead: Opioids. Yeah...
I had surgery in Indonesia. Triple broke my left ankle. It was a really good hospital experience. Everybody was so nice and lovely. Now, one year later, i am going to return to Bali to say thank you to everybody. After discharge, there was a Post hospitalization Service, a nurse came to my hotel to check the wounds and put on new covering. Total costs was 19000€, all payed by travelinsurrance.
Indonesian here, that amount is so expensive for us, I guess that's the amount for foreigner. I am so happy for you that you got a good experience. Now, I am currently doing PhD in the US, hopefully I don't need to go to the hospital at all, even though I have an insurance.
I had back surgery 2 weeks ago here in the United States, I paid a $50 copay with my insurance for what was a $38,000 back surgery. Don't listen to what everyone says about the US most of them are wrong a lot of the time 👍🏽
@@giannux Hey, i think you are right. I have been to Bali International Medical Center, all other patients were Australiens. The doctors needed my passport, so they called my hotel and asked the receptionist lady to bring my passport to the hospital. She did it, and came everyday to visit me in hospital. After returning to the hotel she took me to the airport with her privat car. I am still in contact to her, and in three weeks i am going to visit her again. Indonesian people were so helpful and nice to me, you won't see this in Europe that often.
The entire point is that same surgery that you're charged $38,000 in America would be $2,000 in almost any other country with no copay whatsoever. @hyperrat12
@@cierradriggers476 But it's not though. Not only would I have to wait months for that surgery due to it being national healthcare, and you can look at any reports from the UK, from the Nordic countries, from Canada and see those wait times for anything that is not life-threatening, But depending on your income, you could be paying way more than that $38k. 000 for instance if you make over $200,000 a year in Canada, you actually spend about 40% of your your taxes that goes back to the government solely on health care. That equates to about $40 to $50,000 a year. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you don't go to the doctor and spend $50,000 a year in healthcare anyway, that's not " affordable health Care" in fact in the early 2000s the health care wait times were so bad in Canada they were called a human rights violation by the Canadian supreme Court. Oh and on top of everything else, if you don't want those horrific wait times, you can buy private insurance in those countries so you're spending even more on top of the already taxed amount you are per year, and if you go the route of not the national healthcare so you can actually have the incredible amount of pain I was going through, you will get billed the same thing that you would in any other country without national health Care. 🤦🏽
We got a special 1 patient room in Korean and we got tv, free meals for guardians, free snacks,nice bed, and nice nurses and doctors. We also got shampoo and other amenities at the last day of our stay. It cost us $10 per night and we are Korean citizens. We were rlly satisfied.
A Korean nurse gave me shit for reflexively glancing over because I heard an alarming noise, as if its my fault she didn't pull the curtain shut for patient privacy while performing a procedure.
Wow Asian countries seem to be soft ,I wish Australia was like that, but even after major surgery I was kicked out in 48hrs and things like gall bladder was just 1 night. My caesareans I was sent home in 3 days. They really don't want to keep you in the hospital here, but to be honest there's quite a lack of funding. All dentistry is just done in the office, no hospital, always local anaesthetic only and immediately sent home.
@@tabbi888 If I may ask, what part of Australia are you from? I'm also from Australia. I'm not saying this in a condescending way, by the way. I just genuinely would like to know. Personally, I got my wisdom teeth removed in the hospital under general anaesthesia. Obviously, I also had the option to do it at our local dentist with local anaesthesia, but the thought of still somewhat feeling and having all these dental tools probing my mouth for an 1 hour+ isn't great lol. Going in for my half yearly dental check up already is still awkward for me even now. I mean, I'm trying to avoid looking at the dentist straight in the eyes the whole time. I can't imagine trying to do that for possibly over an hour.
@@daze_au Brisbane, Queensland, it sounds like you might have private health insurance, which even when I paid for the general myself, I've never had insurance so everything was out of pocket. Also not one hospital here does it ,your only option is the dentists offices.
If we stopped paying for war we could have this. But the Biden administration is more concerned with giving millions to Ukraine. However with how bad the border crisis is our systems would be overwhelmed even still
Literally just got wisdom teeth removed in florida, it was around $800 with insurance. But I guess it also depends on the insurance 🤔 still too much though!!
In Lithuania they inject you local anesthesia around the tooth, get it out and after prescribing you antibiotics let you go. It all takes 15 to 30min. Scheduled removals cost me 45dollars (40 euros) each. And 100euros for an emergency removal on a sunday.
In the UK it's free on the NHS (National Health Service) if your unemployed or don't make much money. You can be seen straight away if it's an emergency. It takes about 20 minutes. My wisdom tooth exploded while I was asleep. The dentist had to cut open my gums to extract the broken wisdom tooth.
In Germany (you also have the option of a full anesthesia which costs an extra 300€) but I opet for laughing gas which cost me 70€. Then you do the procedure at either your dentist or a special surgeon. After that, youre just sent home and go back to school/work the next day.
mh in my insurance if there is a medical reason (they need to be taken out or they'll damage another tooth etc) wisdom teeth extraction costs absolutely nothing, except if you get full anesthesia of course since that's not necessary
Nah it isn't like that at all? I don't know where you all went but my experience was similar like the one this girl had. I asked some friends after seeing this comment and they all agreed with me about having this experience. So sorry that you went through that but it normally isn't like that at all.
I live in Tokyo and had my 4 wisdom tooth removed at a dental clinic. 2 tooth on each 2 days but didn’t have to stay at a hospital. It was such a smooth procedure with very minimal pain. Maybe hers was more complicated thus she had to stay at the hospital.
We paid $600 for my childbirth and 3 days hospital stay in a hospital of a major city in China. This included everything like medicines, care. The hospital looked like a 5 star hotel and had a helicopter too. Japan is expensive
Our medical system is so broken. The poor drs gave lost the ability to do what they need. Very sad. We need to learn how they do it in Japan and copy that!
My hubby and I are moving to Japan soon to retire over there. One of the reasons is their health care system. I also fear ending up in a nursing home in the States bc I saw all the nightmares while I was working as a nurse in CA.
@@tuxcats8518 The issue isn't the GOP. It's loads of red tape. Maybe if we deregulated the market for new insurers and cut down on the need for doctors/administrators to contact health insurance agencies via new regulations or other means, we'd have more progress. And the former is supported by the GOP.
@9Kuga it was meant for both of you. Her wisdom tooth was not impacted. Hospital stay is required when general anesthesia is used. Why? Because the recover period is longer than localized anesthesia.
I was put out under a general and kicked out under an hour. It’s not a big deal. I liked the medication they sent me home with. No pain the next day when I was eating. Insurance covered the whole thing. 🤷🏻👌🏼
I think you can make it free if you apply for indigent. Or ask for GL (Guarantee letter from a congressman or mayor) You need to make 1 of your family members to apply for it. (And it will cost lots of time) if you are alon, you can do it after surgery for reimbursement., Our used Philhealth (national health insurance) or (Malasakit center) DOG hospitals (hospitas that national government's own.
Here in the USA, I’ve had a wisdom tooth pulled with just injection for anesthesia at a dentist office. They sent me on my way with minimal instructions and I ended up getting dry socket and had to continue to come back to the dentist every week for a month until it healed! Do not get me started how I ended up nearly dying from 2 wisdom tooth infections because I had no dental insurance and made too little money to afford care, didn’t have anyone to help me, so my teeth broke in my mouth for months with so much paid! I lost the ability to eat on one side of my mouth for 6 months and survived a double infection all on my own with no help! Man, my life is just shite in the USA! 😂😂😂😂 A low cost dental clinic put me on a 3 year waiting list to have those wisdom teeth removed after they took my money for even setting up that appointment! 😂 Plus they proceeded to tell me I make so little that I still might not be able to afford their services! 😂 I’m fine now, teeth broke down are dead and no longer hurt! 😂 Can’t stop laughing at how horrible things are in the USA! 😂 still laughing 😂😢😅
In US, you go home an hr after wisdom teeth surgery. I’m glad you got to be taken care of and stayed somewhere safe and monitored. Hope you healed fast!
In Japan, the equipment is hugely antiquated and simple procedures have high rates of complication. All of the good doctors in Japan move to the US where they can make much more. The huge bill in the US goes to your insurance. The huge bill in Japan goes to the government. You still pay either way, either in taxes to the government (VERY high in Japan) or to your insurance company in the US (heavily subsidized by your employer).
Really? My wisdom teeth removal was completely covered by my dental insurance (delta dental). Didn't even need to go to a hospital, they did it right there in the oral surgeon's clinic and about 30 mins later I was at home, no need to stay overnight.
@@hiddenknowledge6333 Yes, copay for this in the US would often be as low as $50 or even $0 IF you have insurance, the actual bill to the insurance is very high. The US has the most advanced equipment in the world, typically sold to the Mexican market as soon as its only 5 years old. In Japan, you can often find equipment still in use from the 1980s or 1990s, and all the specialists end up moving to the United States where they can make much more money so we have very underqualified medical professionals in Japan and also a huge shortage. Things in the US that a nurse would do for you, in Japan you typically have to do yourself as they are hugely understaffed. :(
@@BoopSnoot Not just the co-pay dude, the entire procedure was 100% covered by my dental insurance. I didn't pay a cent other than the $17 out of every paycheck that goes toward dental insurance.
Same bruh. Well not for me but my little brother. I still got mine. I got all 4 of my canines removed my freshman year tho. I was headed home after no more than 2 hours at the orthodontist.
Good thing you got it done early, hope it went well. It's much easier on the body when you are young, removing them when you are an adult can cause a longer recovery period. Also, every country and even hospital can have different standards on procedures.
When I got mine done, I wasn’t under ANY anesthesia ONLY numbing and I had two full blown panic attacks which double the time to probably like 3 hours… I had to smoke to get through it. It was almost unbearable
Wow... Not even when I had a C-section I stayed that long at the hospital. But it looked really nice and comfortable. Hope you recover soon, I know how uncomfortable is to remove wisdom teeth
That sounds horribly awful and dangerous NOT to stay at a hospital after a C-section. I don't know in which country you live, but on my side, my mother had 4 children, and for each of them she stayed at least a week in the hospital after the birth (no C-section). I don't even know if she had to pay for it too, probably not.
@@math9172 I gave birth friday morning and was sent back home saturday night. The hospital was so full that they were unable to provide even the basic care, so I had a family member, that's a obstetrician, to go see me very often to see how i was doing
@@juukaart9530 Well I am very happy to hear that you still got a specialist check on you regularly so that nothing goes wrong. But yeah full hospitals are a plague on almost all developped countries. With how much I emphasized the safety my mother was in, I must also add that my country's hospitals are far from perfect, and also suffer from overcrowding, especially during and after the covid crisis. You're still very likely to wait hours if you go to urgent care (I think that's how it's called in english).
i never heard of staying overnight for 3 days for wisdom teeth removal?? but maybe they had to do a certain procedure on you, idk.. i also dont think my face got swollen like that so maybe it was a more invasive procedure for you
People over here call ambulances and go to the hospital for anything. It's so annoying. The ambulances are super loud and they yell on the megaphone as they drive by even when nobody is outside late at night at like 3am. It's ridiculous.
@@jasonrosete490 for real. I have never heard of anyone in my country staying in the hospital for wisdom teeth removal. We don't even have the option to be put to sleep during the procedure like I see they do in America
Some people has to get their jaw broken to get their wisdom teeth removed. This is only done in hospital, at least in Canada. Still I don't know if you have to stay 3 days after that procedure? Normal procedure can last 15 minutes to 2 hours and the swelling depends of how the tooth were placed and how your body reacts overall.
Four days in the hospital for my knee surgery cost 85,000 yen. That included everything. I couldn't believe how cheap it was. Honestly, best insurance I've ever had, and not that surgery is fun, but it was a pleasant experience, all things considered.
Overall it's not bad, but you can get screwed over quite badly as well if your unlucky. Mother in-law got a sweet 50man bill for what should have been a routine operation. Not that nice on a pension.
In Australia for anyone who don't have Medicare card or any insurance, probably one day to stay in Hospital cost $1500 - $2000. Plus separate payments for any treatment person needs.
In the US, $600 might get the doctor to look at you. I mean your general direction. The main problem aside from not having universal healthcare is greed. Hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, healthcare organizations all squeeze as much as they can out over people. They ate often worse than a disease.
Universal healthcare is such a blessing. Here in Germany you only pay 10€ per night in hospital. Too bad that Americans are sooo afraid of anything that smells like socialism... even if they would actually benefit from it.
@@kittyco0nNot afraid just lied to for decades and the continuation of those lies still perpetuates in society when you say universal healthcare the conservatives and GOP start to scream socialism/communism. Then there's the individualism in this country. The well "my taxes r not going to pay for someone else" type of thinking
@@kittyco0nNot really afraid but more lied to for decades and the continue preparation of the lie in society today. In America when someone supports or says something about universal health care the right always screams socialism or communism and then not to mention the individualism in this country does not help it either over the course of the last 100 or so odd years The my taxes are not going to pay for somebody else or pull yourself up by your bootstraps type of mentality thinking which plagues society.
@@kittyco0n Not really afraid but more lied to for decades and the continue preparation of the lie in society today. In America when someone supports or says something about universal health care the right always screams and then not to mention the individualism in this country does not help it either over the course of the last 100 or so odd years at least 80 The my taxes are not going to pay for somebody else or pull yourself up by your bootstraps type of mentality thinking which plagues society.
Wow! That's fantastic! I'm in the US. Last month I went to the hospital for an MRI. They gave me one IV, took a couple of pictures with the MRI machine, and I was on the way back home. It all took about an hour. They charged Medicare $8,300 and I had to pay 75 bucks out of pocket.
I’m in the us and I fell and tore all the ligaments in my foot/ankle area. It costs 3k to sit in the er for 6 hrs get an xray and got thrown a brace. This is all with insurance. Going to the foot specialist is a whole other experience, finally got a proper brace but each visit costs 300 for a 30 minute appointment. I went twice and now I have a weird lump in my foot that makes shoes painful, but can’t get it checked out bc I can’t afford it. This last month I started having seizures with no prior history. 8 hrs later they said we don’t know what’s going on. If it happens again don’t come back. Well it did and we went back, I had shallow breathing and no one came to check on me or cared. 3rd trip to a different hospital they finally got me in contact with a professional in neuro. But 3 visits in and I’m terrified to look at the bills. American healthcare, I’m convinced they want you to die
Same! In Saudi Arabia tho 🇸🇦 we have free education, free hospitals, and cheap food sometimes! I love my country and I hope my country inspires other countries aswell like America. I hope america makes their hospitals free, and in my country we also have a very good security. And teachers here never hit students cause they can get fired from that, in Saudi Arabia we even have free college! And also we can get free houses around here in Saudi Arabia as our king cares about us and wants us to have homes for poor people and etc, and we also got a strong education in STEM, our country also goes against alc0h0l and dr#gs and we have low crimes. There’s a company/campaign in Saudi Arabia even against dr#ga and is fighting currently against the dr#g called “shabu” who was sent from americans to some Saudis. This dr#g can make u go insane and immediately think of crimes and murderering someone, also dr#g use can make u have 80 years in Saudi Arabia prison. So I am happy there isn’t much dr#g addicted people in my country cause america has lots of people who are dr#g and even celebrities but I don’t see any of them arrested honestly. cause it can be affective on the population + and on the people health. I’m sorry if I don’t know much English but I am trying my best
@@TwoNeurones incorrect. My grandmother who been to the hospital and slept there in Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 she didn’t pay a single thing nor for the food nor for the treatment or anything. Here in Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 it’s a muslim country who gives food to the poor and takes care of them will as that’s how some countries are.
$600 for 3 days in the hospital? In America, that's just the cost for your hospital food.
I stayed 4 days 2yrs ago and it was $22k. I thought my insurance covered it because I'm in the Army Reserve with their insurance, but it didn't. They never bothered to tell me that either. They didn't do anything for me except IVs, and a daily blood test. I only ate a tiny bit on the last day. $22k
@@vladaburlakova1529 The power of capitalism. Taking every last drop out of you even if you are dying
@@ClarkPotter ah, the cheap good old days 😂
@@vladaburlakova1529 yeah but youre in russia,,,
@@pappi8338 so go to china
In America, they remove the wisdom teeth in a chair and throw you out immediately after the surgery when you’re still woozy from anesthesia and have to be driven home.
Yeah I walked home with cotton in my mouth and started bleeding halfway through the walk.
I didn't even have anesthesia, just numbing. I couldn't afford $700 for it so I figured, hey, this won't be so bad!
It was.
I had to drive myself home
Then your gums get infected and they tell you to just take ibuprofen and tylenol:D
I had to have my wisdom teeth removed 1 month before my wedding and it cost so much we had to use our honeymoon fund :) 2 years in with a kid on the way and we have yet to go on a honeymoon.
In the US, you pay $600 just breath the air that's in the hospital.
😵🥴🤣I totally feel ya
One Tylenol pill
Ask people in other countries, what they laugh and listen to them complain about their healthcare systems
Yea. It's a universal health care system in Japan.
In Britain, you pay £600 on the parking.
In portugal you get your wisdom teeth removed in half an hour or less at the dentist office and then you go home. It costs around 100€.
I had to have mine crushed to get them out. They were severely impacted. No way is that a procedure that’s done while the patient is awake.
@@nottheoneyourelookingfor0504 that must have hurt a lot!
Well, yes in Portugal we are awake 😂 they give us a local anesthesia
@@Catarina1233 it wasn’t fun, that’s for sure. I woke up and could see red streaks on my cheeks from the tools
Same in Hungary, I’ve got all 4 removed like that by an oral surgeon. That’s what painkillers are for. But going to the hospital for that…
Same in Brazil. I had mine removed, one was sideways - had it sawn into 4 pelieces and my gum cut up. Left straight after the procedure.
You were actually admitted for wisdom teeth extraction???? I’m in shock!! In the US, that’s done in an oral surgeons office then you’re sent home!!! It’s not done under general anesthesia. I’m an RN and I actually like the way Tokyo does it and you definitely can’t beat the cost!!❤️👍
There's a downside to this. Because there are limits to what doctors can charge per day / per visit, the doctors will stretch things out so they can charge you more. That's probably why they opted to admit. I've gone to the dentist to get some fillings. In the states, they would finish everything in a single visit. In Japan, the Dentist spread it out over 3 or 4 visits. Even so, the price was spectacularly inexpensive. After insurance, the price was like less than $10 per visit. On the first visit, I thought they made a serious error when they told me the charge.
I'm surprised to, I'm from germany, had all 4 removed in one go and it was done locally at their practice.
maybe her case was more complicated or she had some other issues?
I had 2 pulled in the US under general anesthesia in the oral surgeons office. It took about 45 minutes and $539. I prefer my own bed so thanks anyway.
Hell I’ve had mines taken out I get opoids and antiboitics and to go home the next hour
It cost me 600 to get it taken out as I was sent hone
In the USA, you just pay $600 for thinking of hospitals.
@@ksamix934 You are asking to a person whose wages are 40 dollars a day.
I just got billed $100 for watching this video
Gonna have to bill you $1000 for that comment now
American hospital bills are like Chinese social credit score 😂
In Australia it's pretty much free here lmao I had a month long hospital stay once, free! Had emergency surgery, free! Eat crap murica
I paid $200 to go into a drs office just to get a work note, no exam, no treatment, just 4 hours in a waiting room and 30 seconds with the Dr. $200
Whaaaa....all those doctor notes i got for school would have financially crippled my parents hahah. Glad im living in israel.
Welcome to America smdh
I went to the er for critical mental health state. Waited 6hr talked to a doc for 10min for them to tell me i wasnt "severe enough" for them to admit me and send me home with 2k bill. We love America.
Note: i was send to the ER by a psychologist doing my assessment, not by myself.
I think in India we'd pay around $5 or so? If it was just a local clinic and not a proper checkup... Unless it's your neighborhood doctor uncle who would do it for free. For a proper checkup in the outpatient department at a decent hospital in Mumbai, it's around Rs 2000 which is around $25... Suddenly I understand all the medical tourism motivation...😅
Same
In Saigon I spent 17 days in a hospital and had life threatening complications and surgery I survived and the fee was $650.00 USD.
Are you sure you aren't missing an organ?
@@nightowl7261😂😂😂 no. With USA health care, even our "3rd world poor" SEA countries too scared to even take your blood.
In America, $600 will let you see a doctor. You have to pay extra if you want the doctor to see you.
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Good one 👍🤣🤣🤣
Fun story: I had to get stitches in an American hospital but I found it much cheaper to fly to Japan, get stitches and spend a two week vacation there
Is this exaggerating or not
@@BlueFlash215 yeah is it
@@BlueFlash215 You have to be a Japanese citizen to receive state-subsidized health insurance, idk if this guy has dual-citizenship. Having health insurance is a legal requirement in Japan.
@@BENKYismnot just a citizen, even if you just work here you get put on it as well. Also you can't have dual citizenship with a Japanese passport, once you turn 18 you have to choose
My cousin visited us in Florida, slipped and busted open his head and got 8 staples. He was later mailed a bill for $41,000 dollars. He didn’t even stay overnight, he was there for 2 hours. They just have him local anesthesia too
The “Diaper for old people” that’s literally the pad they give you after you give birth 😅😭
In Japan, more adult diapers are sold than baby diapers.
I must have had bad periods before birth control because I looked at it and said bestie that’s just a pad. I was shocked that no one else noticed
More like the pad I use normally 💀💀
@@squidproductions2923 it was jut a bit pad in my eyes,, not an old person diaper
@@Pinkkermit17 the my periods being bad comment is I’ve bled through one of those pads before. They were the only pads I ever used because when I used tampons and a teen pad I would bleed through both
You show the parts of Japan that no one else does. You are so creative! Thanks for doing this for us, I know it was not easy!
i got very ill while in japan, 2 weeks in and out of hospital, 1 endoscopy, 1 ultrasound, 7 IV bag fluids (medicated) and other medications and many tests, all under 2000$ USD, Japans healthcare is amazing
Did they figure out why you were sick?
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That's because they charge what things actually cost instead of making healthcare a literal for-profit scam. Hospitals will charge $10 for a single aspirin tablet. US healthcare is shameful.
Were you insured or was this the uninsured fee?
That's still expensive for Asia
I live in Japan and spent three weeks in a hospital having my right knee replaced. In my case, the nurses bought the meals into our ward. It took three weeks because they kept me there to complete my physiotherapy. It was an amazing experience. Everyone did their jobs so well. My new knee is perfect. I am on the Japanese health system. Total cost US$900.
I was a week in hospital for bowel cancer surgery in the UK. How was the noise/light in your experience? I found it difficult to sleep given all the beeping and people moving around (I was in a ward with 6 people in my area, connected to a few other similarly sized wards so there was constant activity). It was totally free.
Can foreigners get similar prices on hospital visits?
Seriously!
@@jamesaidan4839 only if you are permanent resident or on a long-term visa. I lived in Japan for four years going to college. But if you do not have Japanese health insurance it is insanely expensive, and they want money up front.
That's about $900,000 in the USA.
In the US, wisdom teeth removal is done in a dentist’s office and it takes like an hour and half. No hospital stay necessary.
so, in the US, one wisdom tooth costs 300 to 700 USD to remove. The average no of teeth removed in the US is 4 teeth. So, 1200.00 to 2800.00 USD.
@Gregory when I got 3 wisdom teeth taken out it was only 800 dollars. Insurance covered half.
@@iamrobynn638 prices increase over time and vary by location, both of your statements could easily be true.
@Nelson Galan I completely understand. I was just saying, but honestly, it probably should've been more since all of mine were impacted, and I had to go to an ortho surgeon
I wouldn’t say necessary.
Wish you quick recovery.. 🙏
Getting a flight to Japan, getting surgery, and flying back is still cheaper than a whole 3 days in a hospital in America
it is free in Germany😉
That’s the truth!!
Friend had to get a crown while we were studying in Germany. Cost her nearly nothing.
In America you don't stay in the hospital - it's done in 30 minutes in the office and you're sent home with a months worth of pain medicine. Simple and easy
Sad tbh
They charged me 2k, yanked my teeth out and threw me out the office when we were done. Damn wtf kind of American system is this
Buy insurance, it's cheaper than that. Don't waste your money and then blame someone else.
i mean even in switzerland which is obv a very prestigious country, you usually go to a dentist, they take your teeth out and you go home. you only go to the hospital if you need special treatment for some reason, and even then you wouldn't stay for more than a day. and wisdom teeth removal is pretty expensive too, teeth issues are almost never really covered by insurance, or at least not fully, unless you have a special insurance for that.
edit: i do want to say, though, that we have a social welfare system that functions well enough that no one indebts themselves unresolvingly from a procedure as necessary as wisdom teeth removal. that's where the difference to the usa lies.
@@nkxseal8398That’s a little more than what I paid with Aetna dental…
@@jamesoneil1388 I know how much I pay, and it's way less with insurance.
"Threw you out" lmao. Had a similar experience, but insurance covered it
In the US, $600 will get a doctor to look at you for five seconds and say "you might be alright."
Psh where at? That's cheap as hell
Or we'll it's a virus come back in 10 days if you still feel sick .
Every health care system has pros and cons. This girl is taking a bed in a HOSPITAL to have wisdom teeth pulled. For every person that goes to a hospital because it’s dirt cheap that’s a bed taken from someone who NEEDS it. There’s a reason wait times for procedures in countries like this is astronomical. Go look up the wait time to have an MRI in Canada. You people need to stop acting like healthcare in the US is trash and every other country has it figured it out perfectly. It’s incredibly ignorant.
@@YennP if you think 10 days is bad I encourage you to find out what the wait time in free healthcare countries is lmao…. Clearly you haven’t looked that up. When everyone and their dog is going to an ER because they have a sore throat cause it’s free makes it incredibly difficult to have actual required procedures done. Every healthcare system has its pros and cons. You’re ignorant as hell if you believe free healthcare is a superior system. I’m not saying the US is better or worse. I’m merely saying a lot of you who support the systems in countries like Japan either choose to ignore the cons or are completely oblivious to them. Go check the average wait time to get an appointment for an X ray or MRI in Canada or any other country with socialized healthcare
too cheap bruh
In America, $600 would be the fee for the printer to print your actual bill
Lol😂
I thought the printer fee was 3000. 600 sounds like air fee
I get your being funny. But no...got all 4 of mine removed a few weeks ago...300$ total.
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In the US, they would charge you $600 for that single pad.
And another $300 for throwing it away.
So? Who asked 💀💀
@@michelleuwu69 okay who asked for ur opinion?
@@chuuya-kunq And who asked for a nerd? 💀
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In India they remove your tooth and send you home with some pain killers and antibiotics.
Charge for removing tooth is generally $15-20
That's how it is in the US too. It cost me about $80 though, which was my deductible.
Same in tunisia
@@mygirldarbyI didn't even know that they put ppl under for wisdom teeth removal
And Indians get local anesthesia...and its super fine
@@slan6319Yes
Nice review man, loving the game so far! Something in my brain clicked last night and i actually started enjoying a game like a kid again 😂
We honestly need a LOT more of these posts for people to realize how ridiculously expensive the US medical system is.
Except what everyone fails to realize is that Japan subsidizes these services through a ridiculous inheritance tax that strips most everyone of up to 55%, with working class people inheriting under a million USD still paying up to 30%. By the way, your experience in the US is exactly the same as in Canada, where we pay through our noses for socialized healthcare and still do NOT get dental coverage. You are not special, Americans. Most governments in the world are corrupt, wasteful, and ineffective. Welcome to the club.
Medical costs are subsidized here and you cover the 30% co-pay. However... the monthly premiums are insane, starting at around $250 a month for the average worker.
A lot of services I need like skin checks (and anything to do with skin cancer), sexual health testing, and mental health, aren't covered by the national health insurance system at all.
It may seem like a fantastic system but trust me, it has many flaws.
(Australian perspective)
Correction, US anything system
It's not expensive for everyone I had my wisdom teeth removed didn't cost me a dime (in the USA) went to the hospital the other day found out I have high blood pressure. Didn't pay a dime for it. I think the meds were 1 dollar. And I'm not rich with some insane insurance I'm definitely not poor and homeless but not rich. So not everyone in the usa is complaining about the Healthcare system.
Just stop voting democrat and we can fix it. The best proof I have my theory. LASIK. Was super expensive when the government cared about it. Now look. It’s not covered but people still want it and others need jobs. So they make a deal that works out for both parties and what do you it got super cheap. Government is the cause of most of Americans problems
I had wisdom tooth removal in germany (all four at once) They just send you home the same day and give you a one week leave from work, no hospital needed.
Me too iv never heard of going to the hospital for wisdom teeth
Bruh there's for of them ? I figured it was just 2 😢mine are starting to bother me when I eat but they don't hurt just kinda hurts my gums whenever I chew
samme im from belgium and they said i could leave. so i slept end left after
Same in South Africa. Day clinic and discharged as soon as anesthesia wears off
You got a week off? Damn lol
I got them removed & had to drive home myself to get ready for work 😅
My wisdom tooth surgery in America lasts about 1 hour. Costs $800 and I had to pay ON THE SPOT before going in. As an exchange student from Malaysia, that was an eye opening experience. BTW I this done in 2011. Prices nowadays would be MUCH higher.
BS $800.. I root canal cost more than that.
@@cutty02 but its not a root canal is it. I paid for it so i know how much it costs. Btw this was 2011, so prices are different then and now
@@batzmaru82 thats crazy cheap for the US. I got mine out for $2,000 ugh.
I paid $200 in Sweden, but immigrants get discounts, so they only pay $5 for some reason. but we can pay 30 days later, and you can also pay with a 12 month plan for example.
As far as I know, wisdom teeth in Australia are removed at the dentist, not doctor. No overnight stay!
I suspect it would be as expensive as American dentist. Although we have a great hospital/gp free service for pensioners, dentists fought savagely to not be in the subsidised health system. Specialist doctors can be seen at discounted or occasional freebie - BUT you often wait for a year or two if not urgent.
State dentists do almost nothing but fillings and pulling teeth. Lose all your teeth and you wait ages to get the most basic false teeth.
I had a heart attack and had op day after and my only expense was getting home, as I came in by ambulance.
I love the personal care you receive. The friendly staff to make sure you're ok and the visitors to help pass the time. How was it sharing your room for 3 days with a stranger? What if you missed the Robot that came by to bring your food?
I'm glad you were able to have your wisdom teeth removed while you were abroad. And that the procedure seemed to go well. ❤️
I paid 1.3k to get my wisdom teeth remove using general anesthesia and they sent me home right after surgery and I recover on my own
Cost me $15 in Korea…
I mean price is outrageous but you don’t need to stay overnight for wisdom teeth
The average american also makes a shit ton more than Japanese people, PLUS they pay really high taxes to fund things like this.
$1,300 US? WTF! ..... I had a wisdom tooth removed during my lunch break. I drove my self to the oral surgeon. I took no sedatives (valium)Valium, and had only a local anesthetic, so I could drive myself home (didn't need my wife to take time off work to take and collect me). Then I went back to work. The only post-procedure pain relief I needed was Tylenol - I was a bit sore for 3-4 days.
As far as I remember, the out of pocket cost was about $60.
Factssss
In Sweden you just get local anesthesia when they pull out your wisdom teeth. They send you home right after the procedure and all you get is basic painkillers.
As it should be.
@@ElJavopopo Yes the procedure it self works just fine with local anesthesia. You only feel pain afterwards anyway. But they don't pull out 4 at a time like in this clip. Just 1 or 2. The worst part is that you have to come back a couple weeks later and do it all over again...
@@john-john2873 Why wouldn't they pull 4 at a time? I just had all 4 of mine yanked out in the US. lol local anesthesia, wake up an hour later and get driven home. All i got was like 2 days worth of very tiny bits of painkillers and some ibuprofen...
@@TC04GT If you "wake up an hour later" you probably got something stronger than local anesthesia, more like sedation anesthesia or whatever it is called when they put you out. Local anesthesia is just an injection you get in your mouth and you are fully conscious during the procedure, which takes 10-30 minutes
@@john-john2873 In Finland, I had all 4 of mine removed in local anesthesia in one go. Took about an hour or so to remove them, drove to the pharmacy, picked up some pain meds and went home. Another hour later the pain started to kick in, but the meds were sufficient enough to take the edge off. After a few days everything was pretty much normal again.
In Germany you just go to the dentist, you get local anaesthesia and they pull them out. For 4 teeth it takes about 30 minutes and you can just go home after.
If it swells just put ice on it and take a pill 🤷🏼♀️
That's how it should be, if something can be done under local anesthesia it should be done under local anesthesia. General anesthesia is way more risky for patient, way more resources consuming ect
You'll be swollen anyway. Maybe she was extremely complicated case, majority of ppl aren't
I didn't even feel it when they pulled my second wisdom tooth after I had local anaesthesia. And it was just the regular dentist in his office who did it, got some swabs to put where my tooth used to be to soak up the blood.
Same in Finland
Same in france
Same in Germany. I was flabbergasted when she said it was for her wisdom teeth after seeing all this prep
Edit; I just realized I wrote Germany. I’m an American 😂
Awwwe poor baby u looked bad 😂 it’s been a couple of months hope it all is better 😊
In india, we have to go to the dentist clinic and it cost around $20 and takes around 15-20 minutes
Same in UK. Had my lower left one removed because of toothache/decay. They used local anaesthesia, it barely hurt at all and i was fine in a couple of hours. I nearly decided to go back to work, but decided against it
Makes me wonder what anesthesia they’re using in US for them to look like they’re either high with severe pain or inhaled N2O and trying to mange it
For real, I went to see a dentist in indja
In Brazil it's free, but you have to wait a few weeks, sometimes a month. It depends on your condition: if you're having fever or difficulty for eat, you'll probably be treated faster. If you're able to wait, you will.
The health center of your neighborhood will mark you an appointment with the orthodontist, then he marks the day to take your teeth off. He takes the teeth out, gives you a sheet with eating and other instructions, you'll go home and rest for a few days (generally you'll receive a week off of work/school to recover). Not the prettiest hospitals, doesn't have the most technological equipments, you have to wait (sometimes a lot), but it's free and it works equal for everyone. Also there are public pharmacys with some basic medicines (ibuprofen, Prednisone, amoxicillin, fluoxetina, and some basic stuff) for free with the doctor's prescription.
It's called SUS - sistema universal de saúde (universal health care system).
Haha,sounds SUS TO ME BEING FROM USA, LOL. 😂💯 it's wild when Healthcare is cheap, FREE FEELS LIKE A TRAP TO US. Honestly. It's fkd up.
@@karivitou2816 To me in Europe paying for such basic treatments seems a trap.
Also the big thing isn't that we have it free. It's that we have CHOICE and you can choose thinking of your income etc. You're not obligated to go to a public clinic, but if you can't afford a private one they're there for you
All this shit looks like something beautiful, but it's not like that! people die in line at public hospitals.
@@padredayz Estou falando sobre os postos de saúde pois são neles que você remove dentes e pega remédio de graça. Esses funcionam super bem. O que demora muito é consulta com especialista, tipo psiquiatra. Na UPA realmente existem casos de pessoas morrendo esperando por atendimento.
A comparação feita aqui é: nos EUA muitas pessoas morrem por não terem condições de ir ao médico. Aqui existem quantos casos de alguém morrendo por não ter condições de pagar um médico? Nenhum porque aqui tem o sistema público de saúde onde você não precisa pagar, então a população pobre consegue ter acesso. O que acontece é que esse sistema é alvo de muito desvio de dinheiro, não possuindo médicos ou equipamentos o suficiente para atender a todos e em momentos de superlotação morrem pessoas esperando atendimento. O problema não é o SUS e sim quem gerencia ele.
Quando eu precisei, demorei para ser atendida, mas fui atendida e salvou a minha vida, literalmente. Não vou entrar em detalhes porque é algo bem pessoal, mas se não fosse o SUS eu estaria morta nesse exato momento porque eu não tenho condição nenhuma de pagar um médico.
In Britain it’s also free, but you have to wait a couple of years before you can get most kinds of surgery. Even urgent cancer patients have to wait weeks on our ‘world class’ NHS.
You don't get admitted in the US, you get booted out the door with some pain meds and told to only have jello, pudding and ice cream and drinks
Yeah when I had mine removed it was through outpatient surgery and definitely NOT in a hospital.
You’ll even get a numbing injection too that last for a few days, IF your insurance covers it 😫
Pain meds... lol!!! Not anymore! They’ll hook you up with a 28x overpriced script for Tylenol or ibuprofen though. God forbid the pain meds actually make you feel OKAY
Jello, pudding, ice cream and drinks works for me.
Really glad it all went smoothly for you and didn't end in bankruptcy 👍
In Malaysia, it can be as low as 50cents USD as high 500 depending on where you go. Public dental clinics cost around 50csnts while private clinics cost as low as 30++ dollars
Power gak Malaysia ek sakit bayar seringgit je
@@popthatbeep hospital kerajaan lah... Apa bole buat. X mcm USA
Yes, but the waiting time/appointment is too long though..
@@waleane that's affordable healthcare. People would just flock there. What to do. At least things aren't as worse as it could go
Malaysias health cate is very good. Most specialists also have overseas accreditation as well. It's all very affordable and comprehensive. People do fly in from other countries like the US for complex surgeries and treatments in private hospitals.
I'm so thankful I live in Norway - here it's free healthcare. Sometimes you have to pay a small amount (20$ - sometimes less, never, ever more)
@@delaslightit's not noticeable at all, and most of us in countries with free Healthcare would absolutely choose this if given a choice, because you never have to worry about having to pay anything for an accident,and we are very healthy because we can get checkups for minor things without worry (canadian speaking)
@@delaslight Your understanding of 'ethics' is about is far reaching as the folded arms of the frowning child that hates anyone else having some.
It's ok.
One day, someone else that you love dearly will be on a ventilator or needing to be pumped full of morphine in end of life paleative care, and you'll finally work out that everyone else paid to make all of that less shitty for you.
Not everything's about you.
@@delaslight The problem with insurance is that you still may have to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars out of pocket when getting medical treatment. It would be nice to pay for insurance and not have to worry about getting an expensive bill on top of that.
@@delaslightthat’s so ridiculous and selfish. You’re forgetting that things can happen to you even when you’re young and if they do, other people will be paying for your care. Why should some people pay hundreds a month for private insurance while others can’t afford it at all when it can just be spread out among everyone and cost each person much less?
You’re also forgetting we all STILL have to pay for the care of all those uninsured people because of the losses hospitals incur from unpaid bills from the uninsured. Those get written off a taxes, but those dollars have to get made up somewhere which makes our taxes higher anyway.
Universal healthcare reduces the cost of care because there ARE no unpaid bills to offset, and more people getting care means problems are caught earlier before they become far more costly.
@@delaslightThe fact you say “I live in Europe” but don’t actually specify which country in Europe leads me to suspect that you don’t actually live in any European country at all 😂. Most likely you’re probably just a bot and are just looking to be divisive 😂. BTW nobody who’s genuinely from any European country says “I live in Europe”
They won’t even look in your mouth for less than $3,000 in the US. And that’s WITH insurance.
WTF
@@pictzone He's lying through his teeth. I recently had to get a root canal done due to irreversible pulpitis from an unlucky filling. It was $150 for everything including the root canal, core buildup, and color matched molded metal cap.
@@antikommunistischaktion idk man your american stories seem to be widly inconsistent. i'm not saying people are lying, but it's unbelievable how much variation is between states, doctors and insurances
@@antikommunistischaktioncongrats on not having shit dental insurance but most of us can’t say the same
@@hachikos I have literally the most basic bitch Delta Dental plan possible.
So cute. Even in those circumstances! Best!
I had 4 impacted wisdom teeth removed and had to leave the dentists office an hour after surgery. I didn’t know people get admitted to the hospital for this type of surgery.
They don’t in Canada in an out in 1 hour , but I was talking to a guy from Australia a moment ago an he was saying it’s a very serious surgery there I suppose it depends where you live
Same, I got two removed the same day, in at 3, out at 5.30
I got all 4 of mine removed same day when I was 20. I remember crying after the pain meds wore off. And yes, just dentist and home.
the way they do it in my country.. one side first, theb take a break for a week, then the otherside. This is so you can eat at least one side of your mouth. But no need for admission, also I felt fine moving around and went to get an iced drink after
I think it depends on how crooked the wisdom teeth is, some people have theirs like an ingrown hair and it might even be crashing the root of the nearby teeth and general anesthesia is optional for people afraid of pain for this kind of major surgery.
As a German I am not shocked by the price but by being an inpatient for wisdom teeth removal. I hat all four taken out (non had come through and at least one was sideways) under general anaesthesia at 18 and my mom picked me up an hour later. The week afterwards was rough but nothing to warrant inpatient in my opinion. I even got sideways glances for the general anaesthesia, usually people only get a local one here.
I had all 4 taken out under general anesthetic. Did stay overnight but it was because I was in the military and the clinic was on a different base. We got to pick general or local.
As an American: same. I only had the one wisdom tooth out and paid about $500 to have it done under general because I have dental extraction related trauma. Was sent home same day from the outpatient clinic. Spending the night before admitted to the hospital is really excessive 😂
German, too. Had two wisdom teeth removed under local anaesthesia. Not exaclty fun, but manageable.
I got mine removed in while beeing college. Two days after surgery i ate a Döner, because it makes you schöner. Bad decision. But worth it.
No wonder there is a stereotype of Germans being humorless, they use oral surgery as a test of fun. :D
My son’s 4 wisdom teeth extraction was to cost $4000 in US (Western WA) so we flew to Japan and paid 100% out if our picket there (no insurance, as we are US residents). The total was $400. After that, we had a nice summer vacation, including a dinner in Ginza!
How much was the airfare? I live on the east coast and visiting Japan is my life’s biggest dream but the plane tickets are the only reason o can’t. They are about $3,000 per person from Atlanta round trip! Didn’t that kind of cancel out any savings? I’m sure it’s less from where you live, but even at half the cost it seems like that plus hotel and other expenses would have canceled out your savings. Unless of course you just wanted the holiday there anyway. 😊
I'm flying to Tokyo from Orlando and tickets are starting around 1k in October
@@tituswill7874 wow, I just checked and they have some in September from Atlanta for $800! I’ve been tracking prices every couple of months for years and I’ve never seen it anywhere near this low! If my husband wasn’t recovering from spinal surgery I’d suggest we go next month.
That is next level thinking! Noicely done.
That's pretty stupid. My wife is from Japan which is an amazing place but the cost of airfare alone is $3000+ roundtrip and Tokyo is not cheap. If you ended up with an infection your vacation would have been ruined.
In Sri lanka its actually free ❤
In the US, they tell you not to eat and give you a valium to take before you show up for your surgery, they operate and then after you will spend some time in recovery while they watch you ... then they send you home. The whole thing happens in a few hours and costs at least 10 times as much.
You're assuming that one can even be operated on in the US.
It was determined that I needed an operation on my knee. The operation would have been a complete success for everyone that matters -- i.e., the billion dollar bureaucracy that would have preformed the operation (as I have insurance) -- even though it turned out to be medical unnecessary for me. I couldn't have the operation, however, as I don't have a wife or "close friend" they could have foisted me off on immediately after the vivisection.
Three days in a hospital for a wisdom tooth extraction? They wouldn't give you that long for a heart transplant -- assuming they'd give you a heart transplant at all!
Truly, if you're an American and need medical care, what you need is not a good doctor but a good travel agent.
Shorter hospital stays are better for recovery. People who stay in hospital get hospital acquired infections and recover slower. It’s actually evidence based to get people out faster.
what kind of hospital gave you pain meds before even having surgery?? i had abdominal surgery and never took pain stuff til after because its not at all necessary, i even had gallstones and a gallbladder infection that was so painful i couldnt stand up. i was in the recovery room for a few hours and was able to walk to the car myself within 5 hours of being there because the surgery immediately got rid of the pain. ive had 2 surgeries and neither required anything besides a liquid youre supposed to shower with to 'disinfect' your body thats stronger than regular soap so theres less chance of any contamination from shampoos, lotion, etc
I had all 4 wisdom teeth extracted 18 years ago. No anesthesia. Just a local that needed more injections as it wore off. Zero instructions to take home after 4 hours in the chair....
I so need to move! I bectya she didn't get dry socket,either. That's the difference between quality medical care for sure!
In the UK it’s the same but you aren’t given a Valium pre - op anymore . The American medical system is the most expensive in the world . They over charge people imo . However , It’s also known to be the best in the world. We have the NHS which is free and it’s good but it’s crumbling because our Conservative government is destroying it on purpose to get rid of it and privatise medicine
In America 3 days in a Hospital equals about $85,000. They charge the charge for charging you...
What? I hope you're not exaggerating. You have it bad there.
@@ilovericelol is not an exaggeration. I took my wife to the ER for severe abdominal pain. They gave her Tylenol-3 and administered an MRI. They put her in a small sofa with a curtain around it and called it a "semi-private room."
After 2hrs of being there, checked by a Nurse Practitioner (not a real Doctor) we went home. After that night the pain subsided and my wife was fine. Based on her symptoms we think it was a urinary track infection or just air that was trapped...
The total bill for those 2hrs was $17,000 dollars! Since we had Employer sponsored medical insurance, we only paid $1,800 for the out of pocket deductible. That means that the insurance paid approximately $10K to 12K, of the medical bill. You see, hospitals charge exuberant charges because they know insurance companies pay those charges. They code every single action as a charge. So health insurance rather just pay because they know that they can just increase the premiums on customers each year. Now, if you don't have health insurance, you have to fight those charges and plead with the hospital to reduce the bill, otherwise that bill could hunt you for the rest of your life.
There is no law that says a Hospital can not charge whatever they want. Hospitals are predatory businesses that their only concern is to enrich their shareholders. It really sucks!
@@excusemenoexcusemeno1671 That's criminal! I mean 17k for 2 hours??? Though I read somewhere that a US hospital charged a new father $40 for skin to skin contact with his newborn. Man! Glad your bills were mostly covered and your wife's ok though. Sheesh
@@excusemenoexcusemeno1671 And you people vote Trump and or Biden (much better than Trump) while you had Bernie sanders.
@@danielvilliers612 You don't get legislation by voting for a president. You get legislation done by voting for Congress. Bernie would have been stuck with his ideas which some are kind of far fetched. But if he was president the only thing he could do is raise taxes or rule by executive order. Which can be reversed by the next president.
Look what happened to Obamacare? It was a popular choice for many Americans but the Republicans gutted it down. I rather have Universal Healthcare care pay system where the government regulates prices for medical procedures. But if you're president, you need to have some friends in the other side if you want things done. Otherwise you'll be a lame duck president like Trump.
In America you need to pay $600 just to shake the doctors hand
Pretty much. And $800 for the nurse!
@@dennisb-trains23 and 1,000 to lay on the bed
@@sweetie_pie08210,000$ for bandages, 35,000$ for an inscription and 50,000$ for the actual treatment .
1,100 to take one step forward on the hospital floors. ☹️
Bruhh its about $1000 per wisdom tooth in America. obviously, this girl comes from a family with money.
Here in the UK you go to a dental surgery and get them removed, depending on your finacial situation it can be subsidised or free, but even if you have to pay in full, it's a few hundred quid at most.
How much is a quid in USD?
@@MrDwightsimon 1.19 iirc
@@MrDwightsimon that's a made up currency. I mean all currency is made up but quid is some monopoly money ain't nobody know what it means some old lady on it haha i throw that shit out if i get it
What?
@@MrDwightsimon quid is not the name of the currency. It's like saying a hundred bucks in the US, it's just used informally
The UK money is called pound
i was pushed out of the office so fast, the pharmacist hadn’t even had a chance to fill my prescription for pain medication. wound up sobbing in the car while the lidocaine slowly wore off.
Same thing happened to me except I was laying on the floor of the Walmart pharmacy crying until my prescription was ready
It makes me so sad and scared for myself and everyone else who lives in america
Boy, sounds like my wisdom teeth removal. The dentist was taking everybody in the office to Vegas for the weekend (this was in Phoenix AZ) and I was the last patient around noon on Friday. They could not get rid of me quickly enough! Pulled those teeth, next thing I'm sitting in my car dazed and bleeding.
@@HighLow_Milo They could leave, if their medicals are as expensive as they say, then they should save a few thousand to travel to anyone of the great countries that offer "free" health care. Would be cheaper to get on a flight and total cost for leaving would be so much cheaper than staying in America.
@@Ap_twsh lol most people don’t make enough to save. Rent takes up over half of the income and food/utilities the other half
3 days in the hospital in the United States puts most people into bankruptcy.
In Belgium, in many cases, employees have hospitalization insurance paid by the employer or the employee pays a small contribution. The partner and children can join this. The end result is that at the end of the day, irrespective of the procedure, the employee pays only a small contribution, negligible when converted into dollars.
Still paying off a 5 day stay from 2017 🫠
@@Morcyo - Irresponsible! And that means that in the meantime nothing special should happen to prevent you from having additional financial problems.
To illustrate: since a few months I have recovered from a shoulder operation (tendon transfer) and therefore rehabilitate for a year.
On the invoice I was able to read that three days of accommodation and the operation were a total of +- 18,000 dollars. Including care afterwards and with intervention, this cost me less than 100 dollars.
Take good care of yourself.
@@Morcyo God bless you. Hope you are young enough to have made it worthwhile.
😮 so why they hype abt American dream🤔 ain’t coming there ever
In US, this will cost $60,000.
And your first born
Those “diapers for old people” are actually called briefs! Us nurses, CNA, LPNs will NEVER call them “diapers for old people”. It makes the person feel less than being that since they’re for older people that need to be taken cared of that they already feel useless and calling the diapers will just make them feel worse.
Aren't you an absolute sweetheart! Thanks for advocating for the elderly.
The worst thing about needing those is that's when medical ppl decide you need nursing home care.
@@sunshineandwarmthuh please do your homework, I’ve been a nurse for 42 years ( almost 66 still practicing) 21 years in geriatrics ( elderly) I work in an amazing long term care facility and yes sometimes people need more care than what people are able to provide at home.
Plus they are not just for older people, but moms that just gave birth use them too
Yes, and for some patients, we call them 'sanitary napkins.'
@@kathyharmon2093 don't know where you are, I'm therapy (who teach ppl how to change themselves or how their spouses, etc can do it wo hurting themselves). But you know darned well, changing adult loved ones, especially heavy ones, is not anyone's idea of an ideal way to spend their elderly age, and social workers are brilliant at getting them off the hook and getting incontinent patients into nursing homes.
It's an extremely lucrative business and using the distasteful job of changing "nappies" on patients is the best way to get it.
Wh is why it's the determining factor.
In 2018 I got hospitalized for 3 days due to bacterial infection, got treated by specialist and various medication, and only billed RM15 (3.41 usd). I'm so blessed to live in Malaysia. Medical bill for Malaysian are subsidised up to 99% of it's actual cost.
Ur blessed to live in Malaysia. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard
Malasia is hot in the summer right?
@@LK-pc4sq it's hot all year round
Same thing happened to me in America around the same time but I was in the hospital for 7 days and it cost me $24,000
@@binwoods23you don’t have insurance??
I'm more confused about the fact that you have to do all that for wisdom teeth. My dentist just put me on a chair, drill it out, then send me home.
Some cases have to. I had impacted wisdom tooth and a thin jaw bone. There is chance my bone will break during the process. So I cant be operate on chair as they need to prepare the worst.
that's because it's a lie
@@wannabewanderer3861 no, if your wisdom teeth are impacted they surgically need to go in to remove them, what you're talking about it when wisdome teeth are already emerging at the surface so it can just be pulled out
Same. I got lucky to have 5, I repeat FIVE impacted wisdom teeth.
I was sat in a chair, drilled deep in my jaw, while awake and only with local anesthesia. I chose to get them all removed in one go, so you can imagine the swelling of 5 wisdom teeth extractions.
And the day after it I was working.
My friend who works in Japan said that hospitals and clinic will refuse to let you go until they are sure that you are 100% okay.
They won't even let you go even if your blood pressure is only above or below average by decimals.
Absolutely ZERO here in the UK!
😂🇬🇧
My daughter stayed 5 days in DC for the flu, total $50,000+ 😭😭😭 I will never forget that!! The only “expensive” treatment she had was one IV bag of immunoglobulin… the rest was Tylenol, crappy microwave food, and being woken up all hours of the night every 3 hours for vitals 😢 yes…. I paid every penny for her, but it’s not fair!
Omg, I don’t feel so bad to buy designer bags anymore. I am super healthy. Sorry for your experience though. It’s indeed outrageous. US healthcare system is a scam.
Omg, that is criminally expensive! My daughter was in the NICU for a month when she was born and I saw the bill. It was around $950k. I was on medi-cal at the time and didn’t have to pay anything thank god because I had just gone from being homeless when I found out I was pregnant (she honestly saved my life! I turned my life around when I found out I was pregnant with her). But, had I not had insurance, I would have had to file for bankruptcy for sure. But I have a happy, healthy 10 year old now so I thank god for her every day 🥰
That's so expensive.
That's crazy. $50k is more than I make in two years. But in my country, healthcare is completely free.
Why did you keep her in the hospital for 5 days in the first place? Also I just had a $38,000 back surgery in the United States, but thanks to my insurance I paid a $50 copay. A lot of people in the US are not smart and will go to hospitals that are not in network, it's not hard to do a little bit of research that'll save you 49,950 🤦🏽
Dude, I had to pay 300 just to be seen, and another 1000 for stitches, antiseptic, and local anesthesia. That lasted 1.5 hours in the ER before I left.
I had my appendix removed for free and two doses of antibiotics for 2€, one free one I had to pay the 2€ fees... my brother had a cast on his hand and 3-4 checkups all for nothing,... Americans pls do something about your medical care... on Google, it says it costs 6000-13000$ for appendix removal. That's concerning.
Consider yourself lucky. I got admitted overnight from ER and transferred to new hospital next morning. Just sleeping there, cost me 16k
@@incemomnia No it costs your insurance 16k, after insurance you might not pay anything or even less than $600 as a co pay. Unless you are uninsured which is ridiculous because Medicare has a pretty wide net. Actually the fact that we have Medicare, Obamacare, and other healthcare government programs, the hospitals are pricing for THEM not for you.
Additionally there’s a lot of billing errors exactly because people don’t pay these bills but insurance companies. So if you want to reduce the bill, ask for an itemized list of goods and services and you can knock of 10k from that alone.
The only problem with American healthcare is inflated prices due to government subsidies.
@kimmie Wise after insurance, my total bill was still well over 8k. Insurance doesn't do what you think it does, apparently? Most people in addition to paying a lot monthly have to pay a premium before everything is covered by insurance, and generally, that is quite high. Also, there is no longer Obamacare in the US. Medicaid isn't as easy to get as you assume. There are financial restrictions. I made $50 too much per year to qualify. I was forced to pay over $500/mo for health insurance alone or got penalized due to obamacare. I'm also disabled, but too young to be approved for SSDI so medicare is not achievable yet. The system is rigged against the people in the US. The Healthcare industry essentially runs a giant fraud against the people it claims to serve and the corporations for the sole reason that they can get away with it. The US doesn't have a tendering system in order to keep pricing competitive and keep quality imperative as with other countries. Additionally Healthcare and pharmaceutical companies spend a lot of money lobbying in the US to protect their interests and not the interest of the people they claim to serve.
@@kimmiewise1044 You do realize that YOU are still paying for those government programs to exist, yes? That's what taxes go toward, so it's not like their overpricing isn't hurting the public at large either.
$600 is just what an American hospital would charge you for the paper hospital gown.
What is that how do you do that
True, funny & sad at the same time 🤦♂️
More like old people diapers 😂😂😂
Just had mine out...its cost me 300$ total.
What's,,is America hospital bill are really that crazy expensive ??😮
In DK, the hospital is free 🥰
I had my wisdom teeth removed at the dentist office about 3 years ago. It took two visits because the dentist said it was best to do it one side at a time. I paid about $150 and the insurance paid the rest.
What kind of insurance do you have? Curious because I need to get mine removed but was quoted 2k with anesthesia with my current insurance 😭
I have been japan for 13 years now and have yet to go to a Japanese medical facility for myself yet only for family members. The hospitals are so legit in all ways I love them
what is the summers like? oh and love to go there!
But here people go to the hospitals for no reason whatsoever as well. They are major hypochondriacs here in Japan. Cough one time, and you have a cold (kaze) and they rush to see the doctor to get medicine.
Insane.
@@LK-pc4sq Terrible. Come during any other season.
@@akuseru85 That's another super hyper ultra exaggeration about Japan.
Insane.
It should be noted that you can also choose to just go home after the extraction in Japan, in which case the cost is around 200USD if you have no insurance at all, or 60 USD with most Japanese insurances (you only pay 30%).
This sounds a lot more accurate. I feel like she was leaving out some deats.
Yeah dental stuff is pretty cheap in public healthcare in Japan. I once got 3 fillings for 3500 yen total.
Granted it was a countryside dentist and two of them were shoddy work, one even led to having to get a root canal removed 😅
@@maeschder i did one filling + xray for 4500 yen (40$) in tokyo with insurance and another filling a week after for 1500 yen (12$) .
@@saugattripathisite that's super cheap!
I got my wisdom teeth removed a few months ago I feel you girl 😂 the way I stuffed my face with pizza the night before though 😂😂😂
In America $600 will just disappear in ur wallet right when you enter the hospital
Lol
That's a tax for daring to be sick
yeah, but you earn a lot of money working
In America, $600 is just to tip the doorman at the hospital entrance
The Pen costs $600 lol...
In America $600 is just for registration
Poor Americans. Your own government ripping you off.
Here for 600 you could stay even on a whole private station. here daily hospital cost is around 17 euros I think it's 16 dollar. that's it. and to me already too much. but we pay proper insurance and have proper insurance system....
😂 OMG
@@gaspault poor Americans. Own country ripping them off
I love that their hospital meal cart is pink!!! So aesthetically pleasing 🩷
They charge 1200 for a box of tissues in the US 🤧 and 35 for the jello cup
Come to europe
They offered me some mylanta and I saw big dollar signs and said no.
My roommate lost his job, and lost his dental insurance last year right before he broke a tooth. He tried to keep it clean, but it ended up getting infected and he almost died because the infection started to close his airways. He was in the ICU for like 4 days, and had one surgery. His medical bill was like $130k all together. Luckily we live in a state that has a great medicaid program that he luckily qualified for because he had been door dashing trying to save up money to see an oral surgeon, which wasn't reported income because you report that income quarterly. So he ended up not having to pay any of it, but it goes to show that the american healthcare system forces people to wait until they have a serious issue before they can even get help, and then when they do they can accumulate the equivalent debt as buying a condo.
Yeah, no they don't. Nice joke though!
Jesus !
wow!! My wisdom were impacted and it was done in the office and sent home the same day!! cost way more in the US as well
Take care and speedy recovery!
The problem is to get your wisdom teeth pulled in the US isn't a 3 day event. It's at most a whole afternoon. You just "recover" back in your own home.
Yeah, just took me a few hours. I can't imagine spending 3 days in a hospital because of it
@@JACpotatos This depends on the situation. Some cases can be much more difficult than others, depending on how the teeth are ingrown. It can be a short surgery or it can be a long and complex process.
@@v1das007 it really doesn't change that much.... Nobody needs 3 damn days in the hospital for wisdom teeth removal
I went to my own Bachelorette party the night I had a wisdom tooth pulled earlier that day. Hers were probably impacted
In Germany they don't put you under but numb the area instead, you just get them pulled at the dentist and go home.. I'm still amazed that it's such a big thing in other countries. Also the cost is zero £/€
in the 70s, the dentist took out both my wisdom teeth, woke me up and I walked home immediately afterwards and took care of myself. Cost was total of $200.
In my area it's about $250-$450. Takes a couple hours and you go home. I have never heard it referred to as surgery. 🤦🏼 I guess Japan is more than America.
I wish it were still that cheap 😔.
@@hydellas678 What state do you live in...
@@hydellas678 I completely understand. I live in flyover. So makes sense.
@@angelagriffin9979 Yea and thank u for understanding.
In Australia Medicare covers most of a hospital stay and staff bring the meals to the beds. Depending on what you are in the hospital for you may not need to pay anything
Across the ditch in NZ it's about the same. Due to 4 of the meds I'm on (or the conditions) dentists refuse to pull any of my teeth. So I end up in hospital and it is free.
i feel your pain sister. Teeth and jaw hurts really hurt 🤕. Hope you get well soon 😇.
Damn.. in the Netherlands you go to your dentist, they remove your wisdom teeth and on the same day you need to pick up your painkillers and desinfectant yourself at the pharmacy. 😂 (most of the time it’s completely free tho)
How nice you get pain killer. In the USA they only give you over the counter meds now. Taking away pain medication for needed medical purposes has not save one addict.
You normally go to the dentist in the UK too . If you have complications then you can go to the hospital . Picking up your own painkillers and disinfectant is strange 😂😂
@@JAM661 Main issue is that the US has not approved certain Medications such as Metamizol. Which is insane, but it ahd a 1: 1 Million chance of rare side effects. And thus didn't get approved. And instead: Opioids. Yeah...
@@JAM661nonsense. you can easily get a couple days of oxy in US.
@@FrankTaeger2021 it’s a novel anti inflammatory. Really nothing that special
I had surgery in Indonesia. Triple broke my left ankle. It was a really good hospital experience. Everybody was so nice and lovely. Now, one year later, i am going to return to Bali to say thank you to everybody. After discharge, there was a Post hospitalization Service, a nurse came to my hotel to check the wounds and put on new covering. Total costs was 19000€, all payed by travelinsurrance.
Indonesian here, that amount is so expensive for us, I guess that's the amount for foreigner. I am so happy for you that you got a good experience. Now, I am currently doing PhD in the US, hopefully I don't need to go to the hospital at all, even though I have an insurance.
I had back surgery 2 weeks ago here in the United States, I paid a $50 copay with my insurance for what was a $38,000 back surgery. Don't listen to what everyone says about the US most of them are wrong a lot of the time 👍🏽
@@giannux Hey, i think you are right. I have been to Bali International Medical Center, all other patients were Australiens. The doctors needed my passport, so they called my hotel and asked the receptionist lady to bring my passport to the hospital. She did it, and came everyday to visit me in hospital. After returning to the hotel she took me to the airport with her privat car. I am still in contact to her, and in three weeks i am going to visit her again. Indonesian people were so helpful and nice to me, you won't see this in Europe that often.
The entire point is that same surgery that you're charged $38,000 in America would be $2,000 in almost any other country with no copay whatsoever. @hyperrat12
@@cierradriggers476 But it's not though. Not only would I have to wait months for that surgery due to it being national healthcare, and you can look at any reports from the UK, from the Nordic countries, from Canada and see those wait times for anything that is not life-threatening, But depending on your income, you could be paying way more than that $38k. 000 for instance if you make over $200,000 a year in Canada, you actually spend about 40% of your your taxes that goes back to the government solely on health care. That equates to about $40 to $50,000 a year. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you don't go to the doctor and spend $50,000 a year in healthcare anyway, that's not " affordable health Care" in fact in the early 2000s the health care wait times were so bad in Canada they were called a human rights violation by the Canadian supreme Court.
Oh and on top of everything else, if you don't want those horrific wait times, you can buy private insurance in those countries so you're spending even more on top of the already taxed amount you are per year, and if you go the route of not the national healthcare so you can actually have the incredible amount of pain I was going through, you will get billed the same thing that you would in any other country without national health Care. 🤦🏽
And I spent that time in Hospital for severe flu infection. USA. We don't get hospitalized for tooth extraction.
We got a special 1 patient room in Korean and we got tv, free meals for guardians, free snacks,nice bed, and nice nurses and doctors. We also got shampoo and other amenities at the last day of our stay. It cost us $10 per night and we are Korean citizens. We were rlly satisfied.
A Korean nurse gave me shit for reflexively glancing over because I heard an alarming noise, as if its my fault she didn't pull the curtain shut for patient privacy while performing a procedure.
@@judyh3707 We did see some rude nurses but that’s just that nurse
Wow Asian countries seem to be soft ,I wish Australia was like that, but even after major surgery I was kicked out in 48hrs and things like gall bladder was just 1 night. My caesareans I was sent home in 3 days. They really don't want to keep you in the hospital here, but to be honest there's quite a lack of funding. All dentistry is just done in the office, no hospital, always local anaesthetic only and immediately sent home.
@@tabbi888 If I may ask, what part of Australia are you from? I'm also from Australia. I'm not saying this in a condescending way, by the way. I just genuinely would like to know.
Personally, I got my wisdom teeth removed in the hospital under general anaesthesia.
Obviously, I also had the option to do it at our local dentist with local anaesthesia, but the thought of still somewhat feeling and having all these dental tools probing my mouth for an 1 hour+ isn't great lol.
Going in for my half yearly dental check up already is still awkward for me even now. I mean, I'm trying to avoid looking at the dentist straight in the eyes the whole time. I can't imagine trying to do that for possibly over an hour.
@@daze_au Brisbane, Queensland, it sounds like you might have private health insurance, which even when I paid for the general myself, I've never had insurance so everything was out of pocket. Also not one hospital here does it ,your only option is the dentists offices.
In Florida, $600 doesn't even cover the ER registration.
If we stopped paying for war we could have this. But the Biden administration is more concerned with giving millions to Ukraine. However with how bad the border crisis is our systems would be overwhelmed even still
In Florida, you wouldn't be going to the ER just for an extraction. Lmao she actually paid more for that than she would have in the US.
Literally just got wisdom teeth removed in florida, it was around $800 with insurance. But I guess it also depends on the insurance 🤔 still too much though!!
In Lithuania they inject you local anesthesia around the tooth, get it out and after prescribing you antibiotics let you go. It all takes 15 to 30min.
Scheduled removals cost me 45dollars (40 euros) each. And 100euros for an emergency removal on a sunday.
I am in Canada and my last emergency extraction was $200+ per tooth.
I'd rather sell my soul to the dev--
I paid 2,130.17 for a root canal in Texas 😅..
In the UK it's free on the NHS (National Health Service) if your unemployed or don't make much money. You can be seen straight away if it's an emergency. It takes about 20 minutes. My wisdom tooth exploded while I was asleep. The dentist had to cut open my gums to extract the broken wisdom tooth.
You're supposed to go down the border like I did LOL@@mrsmyth1116
@@mrsmyth1116Yup.. sounds about right. God bless America. 🇺🇸 Apparently here one's teeth are NOT part of our bodies. 😅😅😅
My mother had a split tooth & in order to extract it, they took 4 xrays and demanded $1400.00 for the xtays and extraction.
In Germany, you don't need to pay anything for hospital. I am very thankful for this👍
10€ per day.
@@merech2812 Well, then you have a differrent hospital i guess.
@@silverslow3812 Unless you're under 18 or privately insured it's 10€ per day up to 28 days, after that it's free.
@@merech2812 Ah, then i am wrong, because i'm 17, so yeah.
Sorry😇
@@merech2812 nah, My classmate (Ausbildung) 5 months ago had kidney surgery and didn't pay anything
In Germany (you also have the option of a full anesthesia which costs an extra 300€) but I opet for laughing gas which cost me 70€. Then you do the procedure at either your dentist or a special surgeon. After that, youre just sent home and go back to school/work the next day.
With puffer fish face
Hey
mh in my insurance if there is a medical reason (they need to be taken out or they'll damage another tooth etc) wisdom teeth extraction costs absolutely nothing, except if you get full anesthesia of course since that's not necessary
Nah it isn't like that at all? I don't know where you all went but my experience was similar like the one this girl had. I asked some friends after seeing this comment and they all agreed with me about having this experience. So sorry that you went through that but it normally isn't like that at all.
Vollnarkose oder Lachgas wird übernommen wenn du deinen Hausarzt einfach sagst dass du derbe Angst vor Spritzen hast. 🤷🏻♀️
I live in Tokyo and had my 4 wisdom tooth removed at a dental clinic. 2 tooth on each 2 days but didn’t have to stay at a hospital. It was such a smooth procedure with very minimal pain. Maybe hers was more complicated thus she had to stay at the hospital.
I think that sometimes there are blood vessels running close to the teeth so it's safer to do it at a hospital in case anything bad happens.
We paid $600 for my childbirth and 3 days hospital stay in a hospital of a major city in China. This included everything like medicines, care. The hospital looked like a 5 star hotel and had a helicopter too. Japan is expensive
Laughs while crying in American
Well its free where I live in europe.
China is expensive ;)
中国と比較したら、たしかに高い😢
Our medical system is so broken. The poor drs gave lost the ability to do what they need. Very sad. We need to learn how they do it in Japan and copy that!
My hubby and I are moving to Japan soon to retire over there. One of the reasons is their health care system. I also fear ending up in a nursing home in the States bc I saw all the nightmares while I was working as a nurse in CA.
Republicans would never allow it.
@@tuxcats8518 The issue isn't the GOP. It's loads of red tape. Maybe if we deregulated the market for new insurers and cut down on the need for doctors/administrators to contact health insurance agencies via new regulations or other means, we'd have more progress. And the former is supported by the GOP.
Wisdome tooth removal in the Philippines is just 1hr and cost $50+
@9Kuga if they need to use general anaesthesia the down time is longer that's why it is advisable to stay in the hospital.
@9Kuga it was meant for both of you. Her wisdom tooth was not impacted. Hospital stay is required when general anesthesia is used. Why? Because the recover period is longer than localized anesthesia.
Yeah if you want it to get removed by a hammer
I was put out under a general and kicked out under an hour. It’s not a big deal. I liked the medication they sent me home with. No pain the next day when I was eating. Insurance covered the whole thing. 🤷🏻👌🏼
I think you can make it free if you apply for indigent. Or ask for GL (Guarantee letter from a congressman or mayor)
You need to make 1 of your family members to apply for it. (And it will cost lots of time) if you are alon, you can do it after surgery for reimbursement., Our used Philhealth (national health insurance) or (Malasakit center) DOG hospitals (hospitas that national government's own.
Bless your heart ❤️ glad everything went well take care
Here in the USA, I’ve had a wisdom tooth pulled with just injection for anesthesia at a dentist office. They sent me on my way with minimal instructions and I ended up getting dry socket and had to continue to come back to the dentist every week for a month until it healed! Do not get me started how I ended up nearly dying from 2 wisdom tooth infections because I had no dental insurance and made too little money to afford care, didn’t have anyone to help me, so my teeth broke in my mouth for months with so much paid! I lost the ability to eat on one side of my mouth for 6 months and survived a double infection all on my own with no help! Man, my life is just shite in the USA! 😂😂😂😂 A low cost dental clinic put me on a 3 year waiting list to have those wisdom teeth removed after they took my money for even setting up that appointment! 😂 Plus they proceeded to tell me I make so little that I still might not be able to afford their services! 😂 I’m fine now, teeth broke down are dead and no longer hurt! 😂 Can’t stop laughing at how horrible things are in the USA! 😂 still laughing 😂😢😅
In US, you go home an hr after wisdom teeth surgery. I’m glad you got to be taken care of and stayed somewhere safe and monitored. Hope you healed fast!
That's just a waste of resources
@@burgerpommes2001 So are you
In the US they just pull the wisdom teeth and send you home. They send a huge bill later
In Japan, the equipment is hugely antiquated and simple procedures have high rates of complication. All of the good doctors in Japan move to the US where they can make much more. The huge bill in the US goes to your insurance. The huge bill in Japan goes to the government. You still pay either way, either in taxes to the government (VERY high in Japan) or to your insurance company in the US (heavily subsidized by your employer).
Really? My wisdom teeth removal was completely covered by my dental insurance (delta dental). Didn't even need to go to a hospital, they did it right there in the oral surgeon's clinic and about 30 mins later I was at home, no need to stay overnight.
@@hiddenknowledge6333 Yes, copay for this in the US would often be as low as $50 or even $0 IF you have insurance, the actual bill to the insurance is very high. The US has the most advanced equipment in the world, typically sold to the Mexican market as soon as its only 5 years old. In Japan, you can often find equipment still in use from the 1980s or 1990s, and all the specialists end up moving to the United States where they can make much more money so we have very underqualified medical professionals in Japan and also a huge shortage. Things in the US that a nurse would do for you, in Japan you typically have to do yourself as they are hugely understaffed. :(
@@BoopSnoot Not just the co-pay dude, the entire procedure was 100% covered by my dental insurance. I didn't pay a cent other than the $17 out of every paycheck that goes toward dental insurance.
@@hiddenknowledge6333 not everyone has dental. Paid extra for it so didn’t have to pay out of pocket later
I remember having my wisdom teeth removed in 7th grade but that was done in a dentist’s office and I went home like an hour later.
Same bruh. Well not for me but my little brother. I still got mine.
I got all 4 of my canines removed my freshman year tho. I was headed home after no more than 2 hours at the orthodontist.
Good thing you got it done early, hope it went well. It's much easier on the body when you are young, removing them when you are an adult can cause a longer recovery period. Also, every country and even hospital can have different standards on procedures.
When I got mine done, I wasn’t under ANY anesthesia ONLY numbing and I had two full blown panic attacks which double the time to probably like 3 hours… I had to smoke to get through it. It was almost unbearable
@@marinatedbleach3392 yup me too. It was so bad
@@urmomsfriend4909damn, why canines tho? I guess you can't eat tough meat properly now huh
My wisdom teeth removal cost 400 dollars after my dental insurance, and I got anesthesia, and went home after 2 hours
Wow... Not even when I had a C-section I stayed that long at the hospital. But it looked really nice and comfortable. Hope you recover soon, I know how uncomfortable is to remove wisdom teeth
That sounds horribly awful and dangerous NOT to stay at a hospital after a C-section.
I don't know in which country you live, but on my side, my mother had 4 children, and for each of them she stayed at least a week in the hospital after the birth (no C-section).
I don't even know if she had to pay for it too, probably not.
@@math9172 they live in Brazil
I was curious so I checked their about
@@aparnarai3708 Oh that's new, can you choose whether to display it or not ?
@@math9172 I gave birth friday morning and was sent back home saturday night. The hospital was so full that they were unable to provide even the basic care, so I had a family member, that's a obstetrician, to go see me very often to see how i was doing
@@juukaart9530 Well I am very happy to hear that you still got a specialist check on you regularly so that nothing goes wrong.
But yeah full hospitals are a plague on almost all developped countries. With how much I emphasized the safety my mother was in, I must also add that my country's hospitals are far from perfect, and also suffer from overcrowding, especially during and after the covid crisis. You're still very likely to wait hours if you go to urgent care (I think that's how it's called in english).
i never heard of staying overnight for 3 days for wisdom teeth removal?? but maybe they had to do a certain procedure on you, idk.. i also dont think my face got swollen like that so maybe it was a more invasive procedure for you
People over here call ambulances and go to the hospital for anything. It's so annoying. The ambulances are super loud and they yell on the megaphone as they drive by even when nobody is outside late at night at like 3am. It's ridiculous.
@David Jung thanks for the explanation :)
@@jasonrosete490 for real. I have never heard of anyone in my country staying in the hospital for wisdom teeth removal. We don't even have the option to be put to sleep during the procedure like I see they do in America
@@minhchaubuingoc8384oh wow. Where do you live?
Some people has to get their jaw broken to get their wisdom teeth removed. This is only done in hospital, at least in Canada. Still I don't know if you have to stay 3 days after that procedure?
Normal procedure can last 15 minutes to 2 hours and the swelling depends of how the tooth were placed and how your body reacts overall.
Four days in the hospital for my knee surgery cost 85,000 yen. That included everything. I couldn't believe how cheap it was. Honestly, best insurance I've ever had, and not that surgery is fun, but it was a pleasant experience, all things considered.
Wow 😲
Overall it's not bad, but you can get screwed over quite badly as well if your unlucky. Mother in-law got a sweet 50man bill for what should have been a routine operation. Not that nice on a pension.
@@-_Andreas_- Definitely an unwelcome surprise. I hope someone at her ward office can get that straightened out for her.
@@coffeeandchijen Sadly no, even had lawyers involved. Just had to deal with it.
did you have national health insurance?
In Australia for anyone who don't have Medicare card or any insurance, probably one day to stay in Hospital cost $1500 - $2000. Plus separate payments for any treatment person needs.
In the US, $600 might get the doctor to look at you. I mean your general direction. The main problem aside from not having universal healthcare is greed. Hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, healthcare organizations all squeeze as much as they can out over people. They ate often worse than a disease.
Universal healthcare is such a blessing. Here in Germany you only pay 10€ per night in hospital. Too bad that Americans are sooo afraid of anything that smells like socialism... even if they would actually benefit from it.
@@kittyco0nNot afraid just lied to for decades and the continuation of those lies still perpetuates in society when you say universal healthcare the conservatives and GOP start to scream socialism/communism. Then there's the individualism in this country. The well "my taxes r not going to pay for someone else" type of thinking
@@kittyco0nNot really afraid but more lied to for decades and the continue preparation of the lie in society today. In America when someone supports or says something about universal health care the right always screams socialism or communism and then not to mention the individualism in this country does not help it either over the course of the last 100 or so odd years The my taxes are not going to pay for somebody else or pull yourself up by your bootstraps type of mentality thinking which plagues society.
@@kittyco0n Not really afraid but more lied to for decades and the continue preparation of the lie in society today. In America when someone supports or says something about universal health care the right always screams and then not to mention the individualism in this country does not help it either over the course of the last 100 or so odd years at least 80 The my taxes are not going to pay for somebody else or pull yourself up by your bootstraps type of mentality thinking which plagues society.
Th US is an uncivilized country. Humans have no value
Wow! That's fantastic! I'm in the US. Last month I went to the hospital for an MRI. They gave me one IV, took a couple of pictures with the MRI machine, and I was on the way back home. It all took about an hour. They charged Medicare $8,300 and I had to pay 75 bucks out of pocket.
@arikantal7591 ironic in Mexico if you go to red cross....yea there all over broken arm bad cut...sick....you pay if you want too
Nope. Its free for me. Learn how to play the system sheep
MRI free. ER Free. Xray Free. two back surgeries free. People need to learn how to get health insurance
Good health insurance costs money ..?@@billjoe613
@@billjoe613isn’t it sad that you have to play the system, instead of just… get medical attention and not worry about all this stupid shit?
I’m in the us and I fell and tore all the ligaments in my foot/ankle area. It costs 3k to sit in the er for 6 hrs get an xray and got thrown a brace. This is all with insurance.
Going to the foot specialist is a whole other experience, finally got a proper brace but each visit costs 300 for a 30 minute appointment. I went twice and now I have a weird lump in my foot that makes shoes painful, but can’t get it checked out bc I can’t afford it.
This last month I started having seizures with no prior history. 8 hrs later they said we don’t know what’s going on. If it happens again don’t come back. Well it did and we went back, I had shallow
breathing and no one came to check on me or cared. 3rd trip to a different hospital they finally got me in contact with a professional in neuro. But 3 visits in and I’m terrified to look at the bills.
American healthcare, I’m convinced they want you to die
I hope you feel better now!
In Malaysia, it’s free. We got free healthcare, free education and cheap and subsidies oil. Love my country.
Same! In Saudi Arabia tho 🇸🇦 we have free education, free hospitals, and cheap food sometimes! I love my country and I hope my country inspires other countries aswell like America. I hope america makes their hospitals free, and in my country we also have a very good security. And teachers here never hit students cause they can get fired from that, in Saudi Arabia we even have free college! And also we can get free houses around here in Saudi Arabia as our king cares about us and wants us to have homes for poor people and etc, and we also got a strong education in STEM, our country also goes against alc0h0l and dr#gs and we have low crimes. There’s a company/campaign in Saudi Arabia even against dr#ga and is fighting currently against the dr#g called “shabu” who was sent from americans to some Saudis. This dr#g can make u go insane and immediately think of crimes and murderering someone, also dr#g use can make u have 80 years in Saudi Arabia prison. So I am happy there isn’t much dr#g addicted people in my country cause america has lots of people who are dr#g and even celebrities but I don’t see any of them arrested honestly. cause it can be affective on the population + and on the people health. I’m sorry if I don’t know much English but I am trying my best
You compare a real country (Indonesia) with a market place (USA)
That is so amazing, I heard Malaysia has a great healthcare system!
It is not ‘free’ as some of us have to pay taxes. For foreigners, still need to pay for food and cost of treatment , a token sum mostly.
@@TwoNeurones incorrect. My grandmother who been to the hospital and slept there in Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 she didn’t pay a single thing nor for the food nor for the treatment or anything. Here in Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 it’s a muslim country who gives food to the poor and takes care of them will as that’s how some countries are.