To those people in the world who have access to universal healthcare, what experiences could you share with Americans in order for us to understand how it affects your life (positively or negatively)?
Yesterday I was bent over a suitcase and stood up very quickly, smashing my head on the corner of the kitchen cupboard.
I was bleeding quite a lot and felt a bit sick, my brother drove me to A&E and we were there for an hour. In that hour I received 3 blood pressure tests (one standing up), pulse checks, a doctor and then a nurse shone a small light into my eyes, and she cleaned the wounds and put a load of steri-strips/butterfly stitches on the two wounds, gave me some spare steri-strips, a couple of paracetamols for my slight headache, advice about how to take care of myself for the next day, and a sheet of paper with information about how to care for head injuries.
At no point was money ever mentioned. My brother had to pay for parking for £1.50 an hour, so it’s possible the time at A&E cost £3 total, if we went slightly over the hour mark.
We don’t have health insurance in the UK, so at no point did anyone ever ask about insurance or anything like that.
Here is a photo of the accident: