What's actually in Obamacare

That is more of an education problem than a medical one. How many potential doctors are scared away from the job because of the cost of education? How many more doctors would we have if medical school were cheaper/free/subsidized?

ok just let me keep talking while you stick it in me

medical billing is a quickly growing field, find a private college and get in on this

I'm not entirely sure if this is the same in France, but in Germany (there are two different types of insurance, this comment will just cover the most common type) anyone who has a job or gets welfare (or is married or the child (up to a certain age) of someone who falls into those categories) gets a card, like a credit card, that holds all the relevant patient information. By that I mean name, address, the insurance company they're with, no funky info on pre-existing conditions or the like. This card gets swiped at the Doctor's office. After you saw the Doc, you go home. You never see an invoice. It's taken care of. At least for standard stuff. (Pretty much any emergency, any sickness, broken bones, psychological issues, preventive medical check ups, pregnancy related things, cancer treatment, a new hip, in many case even weight loss camps,... I can't really think of anything else now.)

If you want a boob job, chances are, you'll have to pay for it yourself. Unless the psychologist your insurance paid for indicates that you will suffer (and potentially get major/more depressions that will make your overall health go down) from not having a boob job.

Here they usually only cover reductions, and that is only if you can prove it medically necessary - excessive back/shoulder pain, etc.

I wonder if they break things up. Like, the actual boob job is not covered, but the hospital stay/medications/recovery/etc are?

Yes the principle is the same (as in Germany) excepting one or two points.

The card contains exactly what Felice said (it's funny to know that France have a lot of similarity with Germany).
In France, we have the French national health insurance ; its particularity is that if you're born in France (or get married to a French or any other situation that makes you a French), you can get this "green card" (follow the link to see a specimen of the card). It alllow to have your money back in five days only.

The concerned domains are Consultations (to a doctor, specialist, psychiatrist or neuropsychiatrist...) that are reimbursed to 70%, Biological analysis (blood sample, or not blood sample...) to 60%, Hospitalization (everything) to 80%, Dental (consultations, treatments, surgery, false teeth...) to 70%, Optical (everything) to 70%, Auxiliary to 60%, Course of treatment between 65% and 100%.

It's surely strange for the most part of us here but it works fine and to fund that, taxable people pay everything ; it's included in the income tax.
Also, we have some "supplemental group insurance" ; it is purchased privately by the employer and premiums are paid by both employer and employee. It covers what the public health insurance plan doesn't

Breast reductions can be covered if a doctor indicates it's necessary. That's really the main point. People have to get a doctor to say a procedure (or for example weight loss camp or whatever else) is necessary. Hospital stay and medications etc are usually covered, too.



We also have co-pay stuff for some things. As far as I know check ups with any doctor are free (to be honest, I rarely go see a doctor, so this is just kind of "general knowledge stuff"), but some stuff, like tooth crowns, may require co-pay. As far as I know anything that concerns children (under the age of 18) is free.

Yeah... Felice answered before me and she summarized very well what it looks like

This is kind of interesting; it has information about 10 different health care systems around the world (France, Germany, Britain, Canada, Switzerland, Taiwan, China, Cuba, Brazil, and Russia).