A dispatch from an American in Korea: !!!$4.00 for my prescription medicines!!!
As comparison, a dispatch from an American in Korea:
This is the medicine I’m currently taking, not including cough syrup. I went to the ear nose and throat doctor yesterday and he prescribed all this to be taken three times a day for three days. Like a typical American I saw the list and balked thinking about how expensive all this medication would be (even if it is for just a three day supply), but when I went to the pharmacist to have the prescription filled, the total came out to 4,400 won. That’s about 4usd for those of you who don’t know the conversion.
I know that some of my readers live in countries where this is the norm, but as an American I found it awesome. This is my third time getting prescription medicine from a pharmacy and every time the low cost surprises me.
In other news, I walked into the doctors office, which I had never been to before, with no appointment and was seen in under an hour. Hoon apologized, explaining that Seoul has lots of people, and right now allergies and common cold is going around. I wanted to laugh as I thought if I were in America now…
And my visit with the doctor (a specialist by the way)? 3,800 won (well under 4usd).
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Because everyone knows that only American medication are pure as the driven snow.
