• conditional_soup@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Anymore, the wait times in the US are just as atrocious while still costing orders of magnitude more. There’s some specialties we’ve needed where the doctor just told us “you can get on the list, but don’t hold your breath”.

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        1 year ago

        I left the ER after 8 hours of holding my finger together. Big gash real deep, ended up going to Walmart and buying super glue, butterfly bandages, and a stint. Was with my dad (I was 16) and he still touted this is best country on earth.

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      1 year ago

      Wow, some Canadians here are wishing for private healthcare because they think it’ll fix the wait time issues. Looks like they’re wrong about that too.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      1 year ago

      Not to mention how health insurance companies can overrule doctors on medical issues and make final decisions on what procedures the patient can actually get.

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        1 year ago

        I know someone whose kid became really irritable and started having aggressive episodes after a head injury. Insurance doesn’t think an MRI is medically relevant.

        It makes me so mad when anglos try to gaslight the success of obamacare and how many millions of additional people are “covered” by it.