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Insurances, hospitals and other adventures in the city

Two months ago on a cloudy Monday, I got up to go to work but I didn’t feel well. Something was wrong with my stomach, so I called the insurance. An hour later, a very kind doctor came home to examine me, and told me it was nothing. Never the less, the day after that, I was feeling worse, so I called her, and quickly, she adviced me to go to a good hospital in the center of Manhattan. I just entered by the door, and two minutes later I was lying down in a bed. I know, it is amazing compared  with, at least, emergency rooms in Spain. However, in less than an hour, they made me blood tests,  and a scan to detect that, finally, it was appendicitis.  Two hours later, I was taking an elevator to got a surgery, an hour of appendectomy.  After that the same night, they told me to, with the help of my friends, go home. All of this in approximately 9 hours.

Four days recovering at home, and back to work. That same day, the medical bills arrived home. If the stomach pain was tough, this was worse. It amounted to $10.000. But, after calling my insurance, they told me they were going to pay 100%, good news, finally.

This history is important if you are thinking about coming to the states, because all of use, we think we won’t have anything important, and we don’t need a proper insurance cover, but truth is that, you never know, and even if it is just an ankle sprain and not a surgery, or if you just need a dentist, it’s super expensive. So my advice is to follow your parents wise advice and hire another insurance. Really, it is the best think you can do to truly enjoy this amazing experience without fear of what would happen!

Rodrigo Castroviejo

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