Medical Coverage ROCKS!

So I (Marie) have decided that the best way to begin my new life in Korea was to be sick besically all the time. The only really good benefit of this sucky situation was that I had the opportunity to try out our medical insurance. My boss gave me the location of the closest doctor's office. She looked at me cross eyed when I asked how long I would have to wait for an appointment. Turns out you don't need an appointment, or really much else. There was no paper work. I think all Korean have the same medical coverage. I showed the nurse my alien card, sat in the waiting room and 20 minutes later I was talking to a doctor. He spoke ok English. I think he mostly understood medical term, which was good because I never liked making chit chat with doctors. I went in for an ear infection. He didn't even look in my ear, but for some reason he did think that my blood type was extremely important. After about 10 minutes....most of which he spent trying to teach me how to say "teacher" in Korean he sent me out with a perscription for antibiotics. The appointment only cost me $3.50. The medicine was another $7.00. From start to finish the entire event took maybe took 45 minutes....not even half of my lunch break. Of course we have yet to see if my ear infection clears up but wow what a different experience from the doctor at home :)