Economic logic says that if you can buy things on a greater scale, each individual item (or in this case a 'unit' of healthcare) is cheaper than if you bought it seperately. Thats why public health systems are cheaper item by item and in the US. As an insurance company they don't have the same bargaining power as a government does.
(theoretically of course!)
We are looking into insurance after major dramas with ACC. The New Zealand public health system has never let anyone I know down in an emergency. But if you aren't urgent you will have to wait unless you can pay. & despite ACC being an Accident Compensation Corporation, we've struggled for months to get compensation for a legit accident. We certainly wont get insurance to cover GP visits, optometrists and dentists but it will definately be there for the major surgeries and issues.
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Symptoms: No periods, obese, excessive hair
Currently on Norimin
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