you can cope in any way you like. there seems to be some kind of threshold that you need to pass before you get to the higher level of care. i passed loads of people waiting in the er since their acute problems where less acute than mine. the doctor even told me that it was not necessary to pay the bill if i didn't want to. it was more like a token of gratitude.  subsidized visit to private chiropractor is 20 dollars. dental is expensive because it is considered a luxury. full cleaning and repairing of 2 cavities is 450 dollars. we have swedish krona here but since americans and only use wonky money and math i have to translate it to dollarinos.
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