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How does a single-payer healthcare system handle costs for surgeries, and what's the patient experience like compared to private insurance?

15.06.2025 06:28

How does a single-payer healthcare system handle costs for surgeries, and what's the patient experience like compared to private insurance?

Different countries have different systems. For Sweden (and probably others as well) it can also be differences between counties.

The waiting room at the private clinic was a bit nicer, but I didn’t notice any difference in the care I got. Possibly the wake-up room at the hospital was a bit better, but considering my condition at the time it’s difficult to know for certain.

For Sweden it would depend if it’s emergency surgery or if it’s planned. I’ve had both types.

Hello, I have a question about astral projection. I started to get interested in this a little while after my mum passed in april. I thought I may be able to see her and speak with her if I managed to achieve astral projection. Since this interest, every time i sleep on my back I go into sleep paralysis. However, I cant progress into astral projection because it is very scary for me as I feel like I'm suffocating when this happens. I panic and force myself to wake up. This only ever happened about once a year before this. It sometimes lasts a long time. This has happened about 3 times per week since my mum died, as mentioned on a previous post. I no longer try to go into it anymore(due to the suffocating feeling), but it still happens. I read that sleep paralysis is the pathway to astral projection. Why has this started to happen so frequently since simply taking an interest in it? Is this connected to the afterlife? I am concerned about it as I now cannot seem to stop this happening. Could it be my mum trying to communicate? Im asking due to more knowledge around this in this group.

I also had a hernia operation. That was via a private clinic so they charged an outrageous 375 SEK (about $39). It was a quick one. I get in, go under general anaesthesia, have the surgery, wake up and go home.

I came into the emergency room with an ambulance and they quite quickly figured out the pain I felt came from an infected gallbladder. So off to surgery I went. The cost was 100 SEK a day in hospital (about $10.50). The rest was covered by the general insurance. Now they have increased the cost to 130 SEK.

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