Quote Originally Posted by carole View Post
Woah the charges are expensive over there, i do have a community services card so i get my doctors visits at around $40 a visit, without the card is around 60, my hubby gets a 15 min visit for only $10, he just enrolled at this medical centre, if you are PHO enrolled here you also get it cheaper again.

I wish i could remember the state this was filmed in, i think it may have been kentucky, but i am not really sure.
Yikes - that's cheap - I'm moving to NZ. Got an empty room???

Since you said Kentucky, I'm wondering if that was part of the t.v. documentary on the people of Apalachia, since I didn't see it. I'll bet it was. That would make sense then, since these people are very isolated and keep to themselves, and are not in an area that has medical care and facilities readily available. But this is not the "norm" of low income folks - it's just a "handful" and not a fair comparison of the overall system of medical care for those of low or no income.