he is seeing a doctor for his eye relocation surgery
Can’t relate
I hate that the US has such a shit health system just because it makes Canadians content with our current dysfunctional system. Like yeah, at least we’re far better than the US, true, but why must we even compare ourselves to that train wreck of a country
chuckles in universal healthcare
Yeah but you might have to wait on a list to get care while we get to instantly know we can’t get care
Unless you have like the best insurance that money can buy, we still have wait times in the US.
The argument that everyone having access to doctors would mean people would constantly go in for trivial things or waste time so waits are so much longer has always seemed so silly to me.
I cut on and salt-water-soaked my severely infected toe (badly ingrown nail) for two months before I saw a doctor for it. And I had insurance so it cost nothing. Just because I didn’t want to bother with going to a doctor.
People don’t go to the doctor for fun, and amongst all the people I’ve known with great insurance, there have been considerably more instances of not going to the doctor_when they should_ than going unnecessarily (approximately zero times, actually).
So that tells me they want some people to not have access to needed medical care so they have access whenever they want, with lower wait times. It’s like the people who hold the empty laundry carts while their clothes are in the wash.
Hey, don’t short-sell your system. From what I hear you too usually get the pleasure of waiting several months.
Sometimes you get care and you learn a year later that you can’t afford it and your life is over.
Omg do you have to wait on a list though. It’s like years for some things in the UK.
cries in capitalism
