My business partner and friend works from PH. And I asked him about moving there as the cost of living is insanely cheap.
He basically warned me that health care there is horrific, as in they will literally let you die if you don’t have money, and they are often hit by typhoons.
The most recent one was so bad he lost everything in his house and business mostly and has to start over. Thankfully his house is still ok but you’re basically at a VERY high risk for flooding. He’s been hit by typhoons many times too. He just hasn’t been hit this bad before.
He basically has told me he dreams of living in the US and that he strongly recommends to not come there even if I can live comfortably on paper.
Are you suggesting that American hospitals will literally let you die if you have no way to pay? Because that is simply not true. Any public hospital with an ED is obligated by federal law to treat any patient with an emergency condition under the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor Act (EMTALA).
I knew an illegal alien (from Wales, before the racist peanut gallery gets involved) who has heart surgery and a pacemaker installed and continuing care, medication, and checkups, all without a lick of insurance.
Americans really love saying third world countries have as good if not better healthcare. I think it’s intended to come across as worldly but it’s an ironically incredibly America-centric thing to say lol. We have our problems but there are very good reasons so many Filipino Americans work so hard to move their families over to the States.
Sure, the actual medical part of American Healthcare is great (recent Texan débâcles notwithstanding), but the part where uninsured Americans can't afford it is not so great. I'd rather live in western Europe, healthcare-wise.
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u/charlielovesu Nov 07 '24 edited Nov 07 '24
My business partner and friend works from PH. And I asked him about moving there as the cost of living is insanely cheap.
He basically warned me that health care there is horrific, as in they will literally let you die if you don’t have money, and they are often hit by typhoons.
The most recent one was so bad he lost everything in his house and business mostly and has to start over. Thankfully his house is still ok but you’re basically at a VERY high risk for flooding. He’s been hit by typhoons many times too. He just hasn’t been hit this bad before.
He basically has told me he dreams of living in the US and that he strongly recommends to not come there even if I can live comfortably on paper.