First I hope you have no issues with the dog bite. I assume you got immune globulin, but in fact if you got bit by a rabid animal you are also supposed to follow with several doses of rabies vaccine over a two-week period.
If you washed the wound good immediately after you should be fine.
And excessive taxes (and corruption) is why poor countries stay poor.
Yes the cost of medical is too high in the US.
But this is because of lawyers, pharmaceutical, lobbyists and insurance.
But many basics like food and transportation are cheaper.
Just the added cost on gasoline & diesel in DR which abouts to about an extra $30 per tankful (currently gasoline is $2.29 in Florida - ~ double that in DR) would pay for medical in DR.
But wait it is getting worse in the US - There are many Congressmen trying to vote to delay or nullify the high taxes which were set to kick in in 2019 when Obamacare was passed, but a few in Congress are blocking the vote - so health care cost is going to rise again. Some say significantly.
Me - I'm still waiting for that $2,500/yr in medical insurance I was going to save.
Promises to fix something by politicians always seem to favor those in power.
what does any of what you just posted have to do with what i posted?
whether or not drugs and treatment are overpriced in the USA, they still cost something. so, they might normally cost X in a reasonable and realistic setting, and X plus Y in the USA. however, they have a cost. somebody has to foot the bill. in the DR, it is the government. in the case of the dogbite, i went to Centro Medico Bournigal, where i can just flash my insurance card, and pay the copay. well, they do not deal with that matter there. dogbite equals public medical center, to be treated for free.
and what in heck does Obamacare have to do with this? can't we discuss any topic in this site without American politics taking over?