GP just called. They want to schedule my annual checkup. ECG, bloods, X-rays, dental. It’s gonna take most of the day.

Granted, this is nominally private healthcare, but I don’t have private health insurance, just a “care card”, which costs me 400 euros for 3 years and includes this, plus a 10% discount for GP appointments (which would normally cost 50 euros).

Compare to the UK NHS where I would get some of this (but not dental) without paying anything, but the level of detail would be … considerably less.

Anything serious and the state will treat it for free, but for just over 100 euros a year I honestly can’t complain about this level of detail.