{"id":8872,"date":"2015-01-13T03:14:31","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T20:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/too-many-choices-high-costs-and-bureaucracy-british-expats-grade-american-healthcare-system-a-pain-in-the-arse\/"},"modified":"2016-03-23T05:16:28","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T22:16:28","slug":"too-many-choices-high-costs-and-bureaucracy-british-expats-grade-american-healthcare-system-a-pain-in-the-arse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/too-many-choices-high-costs-and-bureaucracy-british-expats-grade-american-healthcare-system-a-pain-in-the-arse\/","title":{"rendered":"Too many choices, high costs and bureaucracy: British expats grade American healthcare system 'a pain in the arse'"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMoving to the US for work has advantages for British citizens. The healthcare system is not one of them. It\u2019s so bad that some expats fly home for treatmentBritish couple \u2018face $200,000 hospital bill\u2019 after baby born early in New YorkScottish-born David Gray, a creative director based in Brooklyn, was \u201cdoubled-up coughing in the snow\u201d when he fell out of love with the US healthcare system. Gray, on his employer-provided health insurance, needed a US doctor for a checkup. A colleague recommended a doctor\u2019s office housed in \u201ca really grand building on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Full floor, incredible views \u2013 it looked like a movie version of a New York doctor\u2019s,\u201d he says. \u201cIt was just about the friendliest, fanciest place I\u2019d ever been.\u201d Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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