Conversations on Health: How We Get There - with Stephani Shelton
Health & Fitness
Episode #12: A Conversation with Teacher Martina Frybortova on the Czech Health Care System
Imagine what it’s like to know that if you get sick or need a knee replacement or just grow old – you’ll never have to worry about paying for your medical care? It’s something few Americans can even imagine. But something that is simply normal for most Europeans. So last month when my husband and I were in Prague – I had a conversation with a Czech friend who’s a public school English teacher and translator. She pays the usual high taxes into the state-run health care system. And then never gives the cost of her medical future another thought.
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