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Is the actual medical care so much more expensive in the US than in Europe? I'm not talking about the insurance system or anything like that, I'm talking about the actual hospitalization cost.

My twins spent six weeks in NICU in a large hospital and then three more in a smaller regional hospital. The actual hospitalization cost for the NICU stay was about €25k each. Granted, there were no complications, but I can't imagine how even with multiple surgeries how you can add that up to a million dollars.



Yup. Coming from Europe as well, I was shocked by the cost of healthcare (even when insured) in the US. Random googled link with graphs to give you an idea: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/03/health-care-costs-_...




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