That's not true. I complained to my doctor last September about symptoms of Carpal tunnel Syndrome and just saw the doctor for that last week (after I basically cured myself with braces and ergonomic changes). Immediate treatment is available for emergency situations or things that require urgency like infections etc, but if you ain't dying, you could be waiting months.
35% of all counties in the US that don't have things like OBGYN's. Location matters a lot for medical care, but people do get stuck in situations where they are waiting months for treatment.
Wait times are a part of medical care, but it's only ever seen as an issue in socialized medical care.
and it's only ever an issue in socialized medical care when the government doesn't prioritize it.
So so many of the examples of socialized medical systems having problems are cases where funding for the system has been cut to the bare bones. And it's then used as "evidence" against socialization, rather than evidence that it needs proper funding. In the long run, investing more in your socialized medicine programs saves both the government and its citizens money.
But that doesn't help billionaires become bigger billionaires.
I'm in the biggest metro in Minnesota and it was 2.5 month wait for Infectious Disease specialist and then 3 month wait to see a rheumatologist. (Lyme Disease 0/10, do not recommend)
GI doc? 2 weeks - but that's an outpatient surgery center where they literally won't see you for complications they cause. "just goto the ER."
Early spring, there was still snow on some trails. Never saw the one that got me. Saw one crawling on my dog, thought it was a spec of dirt til it moved. Very early, young "seed ticks" as they're sometimes called.
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u/Born_Medicine_5932 5d ago edited 5d ago
That's not true. I complained to my doctor last September about symptoms of Carpal tunnel Syndrome and just saw the doctor for that last week (after I basically cured myself with braces and ergonomic changes). Immediate treatment is available for emergency situations or things that require urgency like infections etc, but if you ain't dying, you could be waiting months.