• exanime@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Canada here… yes wait times are a bitch

    But it must be clarified this is not a result of socialized medicine… this is mostly a result of Politicians (largely Conservatives) starving the system as hard as they can just to justify Private Medicine as the only solution.

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      4 months ago

      Just to be clear, you should have read my post in the most sarcastic voice you are capable of. I don’t think 3 months is an acceptable amount of time to have to wait for a doctor’s appointment and I think it’s absolutely insane that I have to pay as much as I do for insurance and still have to pay something out of pocket for the visit. The only thing keeping me in this country is my partner’s fear of starting over in an unfamiliar place.

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      4 months ago

      You say this as though wait times aren’t a problem in America, but they are. Funnily enough, it’s one of the main arguments people use against socialized medicine. It is consistently the most disappointing thing ever; that people refuse to lift themselves out of their shit filled pools.

      • StaySquared@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        U.S. wait times aren’t bad? When I tore my biceps, I was able to get x-rayed 1 hour after coming to the hospital, then got my surgery 4 days later.

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          4 months ago

          Well the average is around 20-26 days. It can depend on the hospital and also the treatment. Sounds like you’re set up good, some people aren’t and you should advocate for them.

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          4 months ago

          That’s emergency care. No one is waiting 3+ months for someone to set their broken leg.

          Meanwhile, I’m dealing with what is likely some variety of IBD by getting up 3 hours early for work so that I can completely empty my bowels before my shift starts and I’ll have to keep doing that for 7 more weeks until I even get to see a GI doctor.

    • StaySquared@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Can you give us a break down? How are politicians slowing down the speed of intakes - wait times?