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As a student in France, my medical coverage was completely covered through French Social Security. Later when visiting relatives in Australia, our toddler was treated cost free at a Sydney hospital. When we asked about the cost there, they said “We know how bad it is in the USA, here it’s all covered.” In Germany on a Sunday in 2016, my husband’s treatment at an emergency clinic only cost $58.

This leads to the questions: Why is it so different here, and in which other advanced count...