I hope to live in that wonderful country someday. Rakastan Suomea ❤️
In USA this could be $20,000
Hope you and your children stay and help upkeep this great country
Ended up in the hospital on ambulance in Helsinki. Got MRI, blood tests, ECG, neurologist visit (healthy now). Received a 40€ bill. Love Finland.
That’s about as much as my dental bill was. Keeps me humble seeing how much these things would cost anywhere else.
Did you post this in your home country sub too? 😁
One of kids was born in Finland, the bill was 25 EUR, it was for my (the father’s) breakfast and lunch. My wife was the only mom in a two person room and there was enough capacity in the hospital, so they pushed the beds together and I was allowed to stay the night.
Congrats for the newborn!
In Spain is free
Source: Im spanish
Congratulations 🙂 I was also very pleased when my wife gave a birth to our son, we weren’t charged at all.
Happy birthday to the new little Finn!
Whats the point in the bill? why not just include the $49 extra?
So expensive! Good lord! If only you were in a country with socialist health care rather than a monopoly that monetizes healthcare of its citizens by having insurance companies control the government through political donations. Oh wait, thats America!
Give it to your kid on her/his 18th birthday, say you wan’t the money back now.
Congratulations
My last baby cost me 15,000 USD out of pocket, with insurance in the USA.
I regret not moving to Finland a decade ago.
Oh, it’s gone up. I was only 26 markka.
I remember when I lived in Finland people boasting about how cheap it was ´.
But as someone born in the UK I was like “wtf mate, you have to pay, wtf is this nazi shit”
As I got older I realised that UK is basically the only place where everything is free and Finland is actually a pretty good deal xD
But still as a brit I say to Finland “Made Made Dane”
But child benefit starts rolling next 18 years (some 100-150€/month) so you get your money back soon.
Why do they even charge 50€? In Denmark it would just be free
Now pay up or give your baby back! And congratulations.
It is free in Spain 🇪🇸 but not belittling that of Finland. I have had children in both countries as speak from experience.
Even medical bills are free of charge there.
We received almost 400€. We stayed there for 2 nights. Still cheaper than in many countries but this looks 10 times cheaper
Same fee to touch the baby in USA
Did it clarify what exactly was accounted for that 50€ ? Was it the room? The ambulance ride? The food?
I pay close to 50% tax on my salary so I guess you are welcome 😂
I pay close to 50% tax on my salary so I guess you are welcome 😂
This is why Finnish babies are so much more lazy than hardworking American babies
Got my last wisdom tooth surgically removed. Less than 100€.
I first got ambulance ride to kajaani’s hospital becouse of my arm (olkaluu poikki rinteessä) and then from Kajaani to Rovaniemi with ambulance and there a surcery and total was less than 100€
Named the baby pannkki?
I think giving birth should be even cheaper. Like you should be paid to do it 😀
* cries in American *
If I knew more Finnish and wasn’t in so much debt I would have moved right after graduation. I feel so stuck.
50€!
Isn’t that the proce most hospitals in US ask for holding the baby after the birth? After the 10-30000$ overall cost of course.
Somebody is paying, is this funded by payroll taxes, income taxes, sales taxes? Just curious.
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I hope to live in that wonderful country someday. Rakastan Suomea ❤️
In USA this could be $20,000
Hope you and your children stay and help upkeep this great country
Ended up in the hospital on ambulance in Helsinki. Got MRI, blood tests, ECG, neurologist visit (healthy now). Received a 40€ bill. Love Finland.
That’s about as much as my dental bill was. Keeps me humble seeing how much these things would cost anywhere else.
Did you post this in your home country sub too? 😁
One of kids was born in Finland, the bill was 25 EUR, it was for my (the father’s) breakfast and lunch. My wife was the only mom in a two person room and there was enough capacity in the hospital, so they pushed the beds together and I was allowed to stay the night.
Congrats for the newborn!
In Spain is free
Source: Im spanish
Congratulations 🙂 I was also very pleased when my wife gave a birth to our son, we weren’t charged at all.
Happy birthday to the new little Finn!
Whats the point in the bill? why not just include the $49 extra?
So expensive! Good lord! If only you were in a country with socialist health care rather than a monopoly that monetizes healthcare of its citizens by having insurance companies control the government through political donations. Oh wait, thats America!
Give it to your kid on her/his 18th birthday, say you wan’t the money back now.
Congratulations
My last baby cost me 15,000 USD out of pocket, with insurance in the USA.
I regret not moving to Finland a decade ago.
Oh, it’s gone up. I was only 26 markka.
I remember when I lived in Finland people boasting about how cheap it was ´.
But as someone born in the UK I was like “wtf mate, you have to pay, wtf is this nazi shit”
As I got older I realised that UK is basically the only place where everything is free and Finland is actually a pretty good deal xD
But still as a brit I say to Finland “Made Made Dane”
But child benefit starts rolling next 18 years (some 100-150€/month) so you get your money back soon.
Why do they even charge 50€? In Denmark it would just be free
Now pay up or give your baby back! And congratulations.
It is free in Spain 🇪🇸 but not belittling that of Finland. I have had children in both countries as speak from experience.
Even medical bills are free of charge there.
We received almost 400€. We stayed there for 2 nights. Still cheaper than in many countries but this looks 10 times cheaper
Same fee to touch the baby in USA
Did it clarify what exactly was accounted for that 50€ ? Was it the room? The ambulance ride? The food?
I pay close to 50% tax on my salary so I guess you are welcome 😂
I pay close to 50% tax on my salary so I guess you are welcome 😂
This is why Finnish babies are so much more lazy than hardworking American babies
Got my last wisdom tooth surgically removed. Less than 100€.
I first got ambulance ride to kajaani’s hospital becouse of my arm (olkaluu poikki rinteessä) and then from Kajaani to Rovaniemi with ambulance and there a surcery and total was less than 100€
Named the baby pannkki?
I think giving birth should be even cheaper. Like you should be paid to do it 😀
* cries in American *
If I knew more Finnish and wasn’t in so much debt I would have moved right after graduation. I feel so stuck.
50€!
Isn’t that the proce most hospitals in US ask for holding the baby after the birth? After the 10-30000$ overall cost of course.
Somebody is paying, is this funded by payroll taxes, income taxes, sales taxes? Just curious.