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photo)</figcaption></figure></div></div></div><div class="ab cb"><div class="ci bh ga gb gc gd"><p id="ced9" class="pw-post-body-paragraph ow ox he oy b ih oz pa pb ik pc pd pe pf pg ph pi pj pk pl pm pn po pp pq pr gx bk">I was on the phone with my daughter in Washington state when she mentioned a fairly minor but frustrating medical concern that was still dragging on despite the medication she was using.</p><p id="b87d" class="pw-post-body-paragraph ow ox he oy b ih oz pa pb ik pc pd pe pf pg ph pi pj pk pl pm pn po pp pq pr gx bk">Why didn’t she just go back to the doctor, I asked. Silence on the line and then a sigh. Money, of course — high monthly insurance premiums, high deductible, yet if she sees a doctor, she’ll incur an out-pocket expense of around $150. Extra for blood tests and x-rays.</p><p id="0a7c" class="pw-post-body-paragraph ow ox he oy b ih oz pa pb ik pc pd pe pf pg ph pi pj pk pl pm pn po pp pq pr gx bk">“I’ll just see how it goes,” she said.</p><p id="c1c4" class="pw-post-body-paragraph ow ox he oy b ih oz pa pb ik pc pd pe pf pg ph pi pj pk pl pm pn po pp pq pr gx bk">The 11 years I’ve spent in France have all but erased memories of medical costs charged to credit cards and choosing to delay treatment rather than racking up more debt. But I’m reminded by conversations like the one with my daughter or Medium stories like one by <span class="jt"><span class="jt" aria-hidden="false"><a class="ps ju fe" href="https://medium.com/u/24fe8701dda2?source=post_page---user_mention--c664931889ef--------------------------------" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Mel Schlesinger</a></span></span> involving <a class="af pt" rel="noopener" href="/crows-feet/6000-in-out-of-pocket-healthcare-expenses-in-two-months-0a6ea0d68068">$6,000 in out-of-pocket medical expenses in two months</a>.</p><p id="dbd6" class="pw-post-body-paragraph ow ox he oy b ih oz pa pb ik pc pd pe pf pg ph pi pj pk pl pm pn po pp pq pr gx bk">Funny to think that one of the questions I was asked most frequently before I moved to France was, ‘What if you get sick?’ As though France couldn’t possibly provide adequate treatment, and if it did, the…</p></div></div></div></div></section></div></div></article></div><div class="l"></div><footer class="pu pv pw px gw ab q 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