I remembered this old meme the other day and it got me thinking; can you actually travel to Europe as a US citizen exclusively to take advantage of the more affordable healthcare?

  • Raltoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    151·
    24 hours ago

    Yes. Europeans themselves also travel to other European countries for cheaper healthcare. To the point where there is an actual medical tourism industry.

    For example, there’s a town of 35k people in Hungary that has over 300 dental clinics, because it’s close to the Austrian border and is about half the cost or less.

    • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
      3·
      23 hours ago

      i think that’s because european countries hawe health insurance treaties. when going to the south of europe a few years ago i was recommended to get an official state medical insurance card to show that i was insured through another european system, otherwise i may have to pay full price.