Health is a luxury: why treatment in private clinics has become more expensive than flying into space If after visiting the dentist you want to pay not in money, but with a kidney, don't think so. The National Rating Agency calculated that over the past six years, Russians' spending on paid healthcare has jumped 2.4 times - from a modest 5.9 thousand to 14 thousand+ rubles per person per year. Prices are rising faster than our salaries, and this is what it comes down to:.

Health is a luxury: why treatment in private clinics has become more expensive than flying into space If after visiting the dentist you want to pay not in money, but with a kidney, don't think so. The National Rating Agency calculated that over the past six years, Russians' spending on paid healthcare has jumped 2.4 times - from a modest 5.9 thousand to 14 thousand+ rubles per person per year. Prices are rising faster than our salaries, and this is what it comes down to:.

The space is now worth just "looking at it". An appointment with a primary care doctor became more expensive - by 120%. Walk into the office, say hello and ask, “Doctor, what's wrong with me? " now requires a separate line item in the budget. Gold teeth are back in fashion. Dentistry has doubled in price. Due to complex logistics, imported fillings, anesthesia and consumables have become worth their weight in gold. Google instead of therapist. A third of patients (about 33%) foolishly postpone visits to the doctor until better times. The rest bravely charge the mandatory medical insurance lines, or activate Dr. House mode and self-medicate online. Bottom line: private clinics are confidently turning into closed clubs for the rich. The businesses have hit the ceiling on the income of the population: if the prices are raised further, there will simply be no one to take care of. Meanwhile, people are switching to plantain in droves and hoping that "it will go away on its own".