Italy:https://internationalliving.com/countries/italy/health-care-in-italy/

Overview of Italian Healthcare

Italy ranks among the World Health Organization’s top 10 countries for quality health services (by contrast, the U.S. only holds 37th place, despite being the highest spender). However, although medical facilities are considered to be adequate for any emergencies, some public hospitals are reportedly overcrowded and under-funded.

Of course, you don’t have to rely solely on public health facilities. Like many Italians, you can avail of the parallel private medical service—known as the assicurazione sulla salute—that caters for patients covered by private medical insurance.

However, in some small towns, particularly in the south, you will only be able to access the public health system—private doctors and hospitals congregate in bigger cities where residents are more likely to have private medical insurance.

According to rankings, the best medical care, especially in an emergency situation, is likely to be found in the northern hospitals in cities like Milan and in central Italy near or in Rome. Reportedly, English-speaking doctors are particularly easy to come by in Rome and Milan as well.
Italian Health Insurance

Italy has a national health plan (Servizio Sanitario Nazionale), which provides for hospital and medical benefits. In Italy, healthcare is considered a right and the national health plan is designed to provide for all Italian citizens and residents, including U.S. and Canadian citizens who are legal residents of Italy.

With the Servizio Sanitario Nazionale most care is free or low-cost, including consults with a general physician, hospital visits, lab work, and medications. However, each region is responsible for managing its own care, so expect differences between regions and carefully research the specific region you want to retire in.
Healthcare Costs in Italy

Though costs vary based on a number of factors including region and whether you have private insurance or not, expats report costs as reasonable. One expat couple based in the south reports paying just $236 per year to cover their health insurance. And hospital visits are reportedly free in urgent cases. In non-urgent cases, a small co-pay may be expected.
Pharmacies and Medication

For over-the-counter medications in Italy, you’ll need to visit a pharmacy. These are standalone shops and unlike in the US, you won’t find them in grocery stores. Look for the large green cross (often lit up) and you’ll find your nearest pharmacy. Pharmacists in Italy are used to consulting with patients, so if you aren’t sure what kind of medication you need or what the equivalent of an American brand is here in Italy, ask the pharmacist. In general, you’ll find many of them speak English very well.

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Centrist after Hillary Lost to the Idiot: “It was BERNIES fault. He didnt support Hillary enough. Dam Progressives.
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Centrist after Biden Loses to the Idiot: “It was BERNIES fault. He didnt support Biden enough. Dam Progressives. Whats wrong with THEM…

Oh, and “The Russians, it was the Russians, again…”

Etc,

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Cal wrote:

Maybe you can say it’s older black voters in northern states because in places like Minnesota, Massachusetts, California Bernie exit polls indicate that Biden beat Bernie by a much, much smaller margin than in the South.

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Well, whether its ‘older Southern,’ or just ‘older,’ or ‘older and middle-aged’ or whatever — Its bad.

Ironically, the Black voters that vote for Biden, thinking they are being loyal to Obama or whatever — may just actually end up getting Biden elected and then LOSING to Trump. So being loyal to Obama’s legacy just may end up giving black families four more years of Trump.

Lots of weird ironies, here.

Then again who knows.

But i guess Michigan will tell us a lot about the Dem Primary, at least.
Biden is ahead in the polls, i believe.

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canadaram wrote:

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I don’t claim to know a great deal about American politics. I understand that Sanders is further left than Biden, though. Furthermore, I read threads here periodically, so I have a cursory understanding of how people on this board feel about the candidates. I clearly don’t know enough about Biden’s history beyond being Obama’s VP, however. .

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Biden is the Establishment’s Choice. The CIA choice.

Here’s what the Establishment is:

Billy_T wrote:

Deeds not words. As George (GOT) Martin says, words are wind.

If Carlson could point to actual anti-corporate actions by Trump and the GOP, he could at least begin to make an argument that the GOP is the antidote. But he can’t. They slashed corporate taxes from 35% to 21%; radically deregulated business even more than it was already deregulated; and sped up privatization — including public lands for fossil fuel companies. They’ve been a thousand fold better for corporate America than the Dems, and the Dems have been berry berry good to them.

Any leftist pissed off at the Dems’ neoliberalism should be absolutely furious at the GOP’s version. It’s soft neoliberalism versus high test. Hell, the GOP recently blocked a Dem bill trying to prevent price gouging by Big Pharma in the wake of the coronavirus. The list is endless when it comes to GOP support for the worst of the worst corporate America practices. Yeah, the Dems are complicit, and they suck, but the GOP is outright aggressively proactive on their behalf.

Aspirational versus reality: We live in a binary political world, tragically. There is no aspect of American life in which the GOP is the better choice. None. No how. No way. Carlson’s gaslighting is all too obvious.

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Well I agree with every word you said about Tucker, BT.

But thats all just a ‘given’ to me. The reason i posted it was to give a clue about how Fox will cover Biden. Looks like they will hit on “establishment tool” and “dottering old senile puppet” and “Obama, Obama, Obama”.

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The view from Fox – “are the Democrats really gonna do this”