Originally Posted by
fassy
Best example is my neighbour. Mid 30s, totally crushed is knee skiing this winter and the fantastic healthcare system doesn't approve the surgery to fix it - he is too old and they ran out of funding this year for such surgeries in this community. And told him, next year(s) his case wouldn't get any prioritization as well. He gets gymnastics and will be lame for the rest of his life... but hey, he can still walk. So where is the problem.
We have similar situation in DK. A friend of mine (mid 40's) had a heart attack on a business trip to US and got a balloon operation the next day in US through the travel insurance. It's now 2 years ago, and he hasn't been able to get a single followup consultation in DK because he wasn't operated in DK.