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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".
My boss told me today she had to wait 12 hours in the ER in the US the other day.
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.
God that sucks. That being said, super glue for the win! I remember my dad using super glue on problematic wounds from being a kid, I guess if he didn't I probably would have ended up in the same situation. I should probably get some super glue for my household.
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.
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.
ProPublica has written a few bangers on this recently. Another resource that talks about this a lot is the YouTube channel Dr.Glaucomfleken
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.
The idea that the insurance company can make medical decisions is absolutely surreal to me.
You can get stitches in the ED but you'll probably have to wait for 12 hours unless you are literally going to die then and there. And you'll have a pretty good chance of getting covid while you're there, too.