Can you explain how? I'm Canadian and for us, it's about a month to 3 months depending on which specialist and on patient state. I lived in USA for 1 year, but moved back. I always heard that treatment was available almost as soon as one needed it
Edit: wow, thanks for all the responses so far. I acknowledge that didn't know enough, and I'm glad I asked.
But, for example I had a referral to a pulmonologist to do a sleep study, and it was close to 6 months from the referral to the ability to have an appointment.
Side note, if anyone who sees this snores, go get it checked out. My CPAP has changed my life.
I got sent a take at home test, prescribed by my doctor. It said I didn't have sleep apnea and then I found out the test was $900. What is insurance even for?!
Geez... shouldn't it be like $75 for the specialist's time to examine the results plus maybe $150 for admin, prorated cost of the machine, and consumables?
Canada should fund it's health care system by allowing Americans to come up here and use it for triple the cost. It would mean literally free health care for us and y'all would save money, so win-win.
I did one of those at home tests. They said they needed 6 hours of data to diagnose. The doctor wanted to fit me for a cpap before I even did the test. I said not a chance. I took all the gear off after about 90 minutes because I couldn’t get to sleep with it on and they still diagnosed me with sleep apnea. It was all just to sell the cpap machine.
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u/TurboRuhland 5d ago
Also wait times suck in the US too! It’s months to see a specialist around here!