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In Turkey, our largest denomination banknote is 200 TRY. It was launched in 2009 and was equivalent of 130 USD back then.
Right now it's equal to 9,3 USD.
High inflation is a horrible thing to go through.
I'm not ignoring the tax contributions. You would pay 25-40% income tax for pension plus social security depending on your income. I'm super glad to pay that and willing to pay more if that means parents don't have to go "shopping for insulin at a supermarket" for their children. It's just insane and can't wrap my mind around it.
I am not sure what you'd mean by whole check-up but I had one last year at this hospital and it was included in the private health insurance for free. It does not list every item but it might give you a rough idea (yes, I had a chest x-ray and a general ultrasound check):
https://www.livhospital.com/en/liv-branches/check-up-center
One last thing, probably there is a better English term for this but we have these government institutions in each neighbourhood. They are small and they employ 4-5 doctors and a couple of nurses that provide first level healthcare. (I would say there is a doctor for around 5000 to 10000 people) If you would go to your assigned doctor and ask for it, they do many of the blood tests at the same day and hand the results. This is a common procedure afaik and your doctor would be encouraging to do it every 12 months even if you don't ask for it.
Yes, we don't make too much money and pay about 25-40% income tax but we don't need to shill thousands of dollars for a facetime call with a doctor.
My suggestion would be to visit Turkey and spend those couple thousands USDs on check up and some nice vacation :)
It absolutely blows my mind that people are hyped about a Supermarket started selling insulin at low cost.
And I'm writing from Turkey which you would think it would be terrible in managing any public infrastructure including health.
My company pays equivalent to 400 USD per year for private health insurance, gives me unlimited access for surgeries, any treatment that I need to stay at hospital and a check-up per year. The insurance is valid in any private hospital including the ones that look like straight out of Space Odyssey.
You know what's more interesting? If you think this is a good deal, then almost everyone in Turkey thinks this kind of service should be provided by public healthcare system and demand it. Not only for the people that can pay 400 USD per year.
edit: I realized it sounds like you need to pay 400 USD for unlimited healthcare but you don't need to pay anything for the state hospitals. The insurance is for zero-cost treatment at the private hospitals. You do pay a contribution fee around 3-5 USD for every visit plus prescription at the state hospitals though. I believe it is for discouraging unnecessary visits to the hospitals but even that causes a stir.
I live in Turkey and I can tell Kolonya's effectiveness mainly comes from the behavioral cues it sends me.
Traditionally, you would offer some as you welcome your guests to your home. It is also a great refresher, I always have a bottle in my house and not only you would use it for your hands but also you can put some on your face and neck. (Like an after shave, but less aromatic) So I have one bottle on my desk and unconsciously keep disinfecting myself.
I can't imagine doing that easily with a commercial sanitizer when somebody arrives in your home :)