Without health insurance in #Alaska: Helicopter transport and appendictomiy cost $60,000–$140,000. The entire cost must be borne by the individual.
It is not unlikely that #Inuit in the USA lack health insurance; a quarter live below the poverty line.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2567901/
In #Greenland, medical care, including transportation, is free.
