[burnerburnito]

I just want to share that a similar ER visit in the US for a minor injury basically isn't possible / reasonable.

If your injury is minor and you're uninsured, you're going to be dumping potentially thousands of dollars just to receive some gauze and time, or an IV and being ignored for a couple hours. It's seriously unimaginable for most Americans to even consider an ER visit for something that's not life threatening or extremely severe.

$300 is unimaginably cheap for any level of care. $100 is less than the cost of a 20 minute scheduled visit to an in-network doctor (before/without insurance, which tends to bring it down to about 10-30 dollars). It's so absurdly cheap that, while I get the spirit of suggesting it's not free, that's absolute, absurdly low-cost compared to America.

[hotpotamus]

I know several people in the US who get free healthcare via the ER. I'm sure they get bills, but they just don't pay them. It's like the dumbest and most expensive free healthcare system in the world.