Treatment in Italy
Posted: Tue May 28, 2024 2:22 am
An episode of the new TV show Diagnosis had an episode where, after publicizing a woman's rate and undiagnosed medical symptoms in the New York Times, a company in Italy offered expensive genetic testing.
When the woman expressed concerns about the cost,she was told that Italian citizens "pay a tax" that was going to cover the cost of her testing completely!
It was unclear to me if that was due to her condition being rare, or if the doctor was referring to socialized medicine. Bit that's only for citizens of that particular country.
A pudendal neuralgia sufferer in Canada told me the wait time for them to get treatment was 2 years! And they're a citizen. I was told by providers I'd have to pay cash.
Has anyone here gotten treatment in Italy? Could a US citizen have pudendal nerve decompression surgery there for free?
That sounds too good to be true. Everyone would be going there for treatment of their expensive treatments of every kind.
When the woman expressed concerns about the cost,she was told that Italian citizens "pay a tax" that was going to cover the cost of her testing completely!
It was unclear to me if that was due to her condition being rare, or if the doctor was referring to socialized medicine. Bit that's only for citizens of that particular country.
A pudendal neuralgia sufferer in Canada told me the wait time for them to get treatment was 2 years! And they're a citizen. I was told by providers I'd have to pay cash.
Has anyone here gotten treatment in Italy? Could a US citizen have pudendal nerve decompression surgery there for free?
That sounds too good to be true. Everyone would be going there for treatment of their expensive treatments of every kind.