Insurance companies are such parasites.

It's like someone saying they'll sell you a candy bar for 10,000$ and when you tell them that's insane they say okay I'll sell it to you for 50$ if you subscribe to a 30$/mo club service.

It’s not the insurance companies’ fault that stuff costs as much as it does though. This analogy only works if your hospital is the one selling you insurance

The candy bar does not cost 10,000$. The insurance company gets the producers to jack up the prices in exchange for a cut of the profits by holding the consumer hostage.

I'm Mexican. I have free government insurance so I get things like the dentist for free. Last time I needed a tooth filling I had some extra cash and didn't want to go through the hassle of queuing up to get an appointment, so I went with a private option.

I got a very pretty prosthetic that looks pretty much real, plus the drilling and cleaning, in two sessions, for under USD$40.

The exact same treatment costs between $200 and $4,500 in the US according to Google. If your insurance doesn't cover it, and it often doesn't, depending on where you live it's cheaper to fly to Mexico, get your tooth fixed here, and fly back after a week's stay than it is to get it at your local dentist.

Let me repeat in case it didn't register:

It is cheaper to fly to a country with national healthcare and back than it is to go to your dentist.

You people are being ripped off and told to call it freedom.