Questions!
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awanderingbardOne of my questiony posts, requiring information from the Yanks, regarding: hospital/Health Care visits and, uh, macaroni and cheese. I never said they were intelligent questions...
1. Here in Canada, we have Kraft Dinner, or KD. It has recently come to my attention that Americans do not call it Kraft Dinner. They call it Kraft Mac'n'Cheese, or something to that effect. So, my questions are:
a) is it ever called Kraft Dinner in the States?
B) Here, it's a staple of college students' and low income families' diets. You can make it for cheap and most university students live on the stuff. If you look at the Kraft Canada website, at least half the recipes are based on Kraft Dinner. It's sort of comfort food, too, I'm guessing sort of like Beans on Toast is to the Brits. Is it used that way in the States or is there something you could think of that would be an equivalent? Something that would be a staple of a low income/student diet?
Here's a comparison of the two boxes, if you need clarification.
2. In Canada, we have universal health care. We have a Health Card (looks like this) that is swiped whenever we go to the doctor/hospital/anywhere healthcareish. It brings up all the info on the patient, like address and phone number and such. In the States, do you have an equivalent or would you have to fill out forms if you showed up in, say, the ER? What would be the procedure there? How would billing work, if you aren't insured?
Thanks again, faithful flist!
1. Here in Canada, we have Kraft Dinner, or KD. It has recently come to my attention that Americans do not call it Kraft Dinner. They call it Kraft Mac'n'Cheese, or something to that effect. So, my questions are:
a) is it ever called Kraft Dinner in the States?
B) Here, it's a staple of college students' and low income families' diets. You can make it for cheap and most university students live on the stuff. If you look at the Kraft Canada website, at least half the recipes are based on Kraft Dinner. It's sort of comfort food, too, I'm guessing sort of like Beans on Toast is to the Brits. Is it used that way in the States or is there something you could think of that would be an equivalent? Something that would be a staple of a low income/student diet?
Here's a comparison of the two boxes, if you need clarification.
2. In Canada, we have universal health care. We have a Health Card (looks like this) that is swiped whenever we go to the doctor/hospital/anywhere healthcareish. It brings up all the info on the patient, like address and phone number and such. In the States, do you have an equivalent or would you have to fill out forms if you showed up in, say, the ER? What would be the procedure there? How would billing work, if you aren't insured?
Thanks again, faithful flist!
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Date: 2009-05-21 05:51 am (UTC)Ramen noodles are another staple of the college student or anyone else who doesn't have a lot of money. It is really the stereotypical food for people who are broke. People eat them plain, as soup, make salads out of them, add vegetables and lunch meat, or just eat them dry. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are another staple.
If you go to the ER in the US, you will have to fill out a form or twelve. If you have been to the hospital before, they will usually have some of your information on file, but you always have to sign the privacy law agreement, and often other papers. It depends on the hospital. If you have insurance, you give them your insurance card. They take a lot of the information off of that. Then you pay your copayment. In the ER, this is usually at least one hundred dollars. If you don't have insurance, they will bill you later.
Hope some of this is helpful. Our healthcare system is baffling to those of use who live here. I can't imagine what it looks like to someone who doesn't.
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Date: 2009-05-22 05:17 am (UTC)Fortunately, the baffling nature of your healthcare system actual aids in the fic idea I had. I do agree that it sounds very confusing, however.
Thanks for the answers!