An episode of the new TV show Diagnosis had an episode where, after publicizing a woman's rate and undiagnosed medical symptoms in the New York Times, a company in Italy offered expensive genetic testing.
When the woman expressed concerns about the cost,she was told that Italian citizens "pay a tax" that was going to cover the cost of her testing completely!
It was unclear to me if that was due to her condition being rare, or if the doctor was referring to socialized medicine. Bit that's only for citizens of that particular country.
A pudendal neuralgia sufferer in Canada told me the wait time for them to get treatment was 2 years! And they're a citizen. I was told by providers I'd have to pay cash.
Has anyone here gotten treatment in Italy? Could a US citizen have pudendal nerve decompression surgery there for free?
That sounds too good to be true. Everyone would be going there for treatment of their expensive treatments of every kind.
Treatment in Italy
Treatment in Italy
Left testicle pain since 2008. Left sciatica 2010-2012. Failed left epididectomy, orchiectomy, botox injections, nerve blocks and internal physical therapy. Genital branch of genitofemoral and perineal branch of pudendal nerve cut. L5-S1 microdiscectomy cured sciatica. Dorsal Root Ganglion nerve stimulator failed to help and was removed. I have had 4 pudendal nerve blocks, two from Dr. Poree worked for 2 hrs. The ONLY break from pain ever.