First (?) Hospital to accept bitcoin

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Quote from: jbreher on December 01, 2014, 06:52:07 PM

Quote from: pawel7777 on December 01, 2014, 05:52:31 PM

According to bitcoin.pl, one couple have chosen that hospital (Medicover, Warsaw) for the birth of their child and they'll be paying for the service with bitcoins.

So probably it's the first case like this in history.

Cool, but not quite unique. From a year and a half ago: http://www.eggdonor.com/blog/2013/06/11/meet-worlds-bitcoin-baby/

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The child was born thanks to a frozen embryo transfer cycle paid for with bitcoins. Lee says it’s the first time he’s aware of that anyone has paid for fertility treatments that way.

That's slightly different.

Still may be the first birth paid for in bitcoins, which doesn't sound that specular as most births are free (public hospitals).

Anyhow, good to see a wider adoption of BTC.

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Quote from: pawel7777 on December 01, 2014, 05:52:31 PM

According to bitcoin.pl, one couple have chosen that hospital (Medicover, Warsaw) for the birth of their child and they'll be paying for the service with bitcoins.

So probably it's the first case like this in history.

Cool, but not quite unique. From a year and a half ago: http://www.eggdonor.com/blog/2013/06/11/meet-worlds-bitcoin-baby/

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A quick follow up.

According to bitcoin.pl, one couple have chosen that hospital (Medicover, Warsaw) for the birth of their child and they'll be paying for the service with bitcoins.

So probably it's the first case like this in history.

It was presented as a 'news flash' not a full article, so cannot provide a link.

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Awesome I would of never thought a Hospital would of adopted Bitcoin so early that's crazy news!

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Great news!

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Quote from: pawel7777 on November 03, 2014, 05:21:30 AM

Quote from: QuestionAuthority on November 03, 2014, 03:39:04 AM

You have to pay to go to the hospital in Poland? If you can't pay do they just let you die?

Nope. There's a 'free healthcare', but there are also private hospitals (like the one mentioned) for those who are not willing to wait months/years for the first available term to see a specialist doctor etc

That's what I thought, thanks. So rich people can pay for a specialist with Bitcoin. I guess that's good news if the wealthy sick citizens of Poland know what Bitcoin is.

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Good idea , i hope all hospital in the world will accept bitcoin , price will rise and bitcoin will be more famous than before.

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There is a shortage of good news about bitcoin this past few weeks. Good thing there's this news.

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Quote from: bornil267645 on October 30, 2014, 02:22:08 PM

Well I don't know why but I certainly had this picture come to my mind,

Imagine a patient is admitted in the hospital for a surgery. Now he/she has 2 btc that's worth about 330 per coin in the current market. And the surgery will cost about 500$. So he/she thinks that it is enough. Now the next morning, given the nature of the Bitcoin, the price just dropped to 200 per coin. Now what will happen?

Same thing that happens if a guy only has $200 in his bank account after the surgery.

You get a bill.

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When you sick the first thing in your mind would about how to settle the bills not about using what to pay the bills

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Quote from: QuestionAuthority on November 03, 2014, 03:39:04 AM

You have to pay to go to the hospital in Poland? If you can't pay do they just let you die?

Nope. There's a 'free healthcare', but there are also private hospitals (like the one mentioned) for those who are not willing to wait months/years for the first available term to see a specialist doctor etc

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You have to pay to go to the hospital in Poland? If you can't pay do they just let you die?

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pretty good news for bitcoin

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encouraging news for the development of bitcoin, but in my city for the cost of the hospital is free. they just need to take care of the health card and pay for $ 3 per month. and when they are sick and need care there will be no fees charged

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Quote from: bornil267645 on October 30, 2014, 02:22:08 PM

Well I don't know why but I certainly had this picture come to my mind,

Imagine a patient is admitted in the hospital for a surgery. Now he/she has 2 btc that's worth about 330 per coin in the current market. And the surgery will cost about 500$. So he/she thinks that it is enough. Now the next morning, given the nature of the Bitcoin, the price just dropped to 200 per coin. Now what will happen?

Let them take one of your kidneys as a payment. Problem solved.

Quote from: Sheldor333 on October 30, 2014, 02:30:59 PM

Wait are they going to accept payments in BTC or is there just going to be a BTC ATM that you can take the cash from and pay your bills in fiat? One is a small step other one is a bigger one.

They are accepting payments in BTC and planning to also install the ATM in the future.

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Quote from: bornil267645 on October 30, 2014, 02:22:08 PM

Well I don't know why but I certainly had this picture come to my mind,

Imagine a patient is admitted in the hospital for a surgery. Now he/she has 2 btc that's worth about 330 per coin in the current market. And the surgery will cost about 500$. So he/she thinks that it is enough. Now the next morning, given the nature of the Bitcoin, the price just dropped to 200 per coin. Now what will happen?

I think people like you have no faith in humanity and you seriously need to stop trying to enforce that pessimism on other people. If a doctor would seriously abandon somebody like you say because of money, then they're assholes, that goes for anybody but there you go, you think you need people with guns to go and make them cure people.

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Wait are they going to accept payments in BTC or is there just going to be a BTC ATM that you can take the cash from and pay your bills in fiat? One is a small step other one is a bigger one.

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Well I don't know why but I certainly had this picture come to my mind,

Imagine a patient is admitted in the hospital for a surgery. Now he/she has 2 btc that's worth about 330 per coin in the current market. And the surgery will cost about 500$. So he/she thinks that it is enough. Now the next morning, given the nature of the Bitcoin, the price just dropped to 200 per coin. Now what will happen?

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That's an amazing news now they can pay for medical care without any part of government crap in their bills that's really good.

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i hearby have to say the kewlest people in the world are doctors. period.

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