I hate to say this to our US friends - it's been said many times before - but in the UK that would all be free, regardless of age or circumstances.
Prescriptions in England are normally free for babies, children in full-time education, and people over a certain age. Those who don't fall into those categories would normally pay around £10 per item on the prescription. However if you have a major illness such as cancer, everything is free. This includes special foods if required.
Now I know this all comes out of taxes in some shape or other, but those taxes are often cheaper than typical US medical insurance.
Edited to correct 'UK' to 'England', as pointed out by another Redditor
AliciaXTC on January 19th, 2025 at 10:16 UTC »
It's not 40k worth.
That's what insurance paid for it.
It cost $3 to make and half of that is the plastic for the bottles.
gorymaggots on January 19th, 2025 at 10:16 UTC »
What kind of transplant did you have?
David_W_J on January 19th, 2025 at 10:53 UTC »
I hate to say this to our US friends - it's been said many times before - but in the UK that would all be free, regardless of age or circumstances.
Prescriptions in England are normally free for babies, children in full-time education, and people over a certain age. Those who don't fall into those categories would normally pay around £10 per item on the prescription. However if you have a major illness such as cancer, everything is free. This includes special foods if required.
Now I know this all comes out of taxes in some shape or other, but those taxes are often cheaper than typical US medical insurance.
Edited to correct 'UK' to 'England', as pointed out by another Redditor