I lived in UK years ago and had some similar experiences.
First time my wife got ill and called up the dr to make an appointment, she was asked ‘are you public or private?’
My wife asked ‘what difference does it make?’
They told her she had to wait three weeks for her dr appointment if public.
If she was public, she could come in that same day.
No wonder there is anger out there that has been expressed in today’s Super Tuesday’s primaries.
Washington and Obama have made a HUGE mess of the medical system. It must be fixed. This is another symptom of the power-mad far left taking over something while destroying it without care or thinking. It is all about votes and control.
I went through the same thing with Japanese health care. Broke my shoulder in Osaka and my doctor INSISTED that I complete $800 worth of blood tests and get $10,000 of plastic surgery. Flew back to the US and got a $30 brace.
even here in the boondocks you can see a doc and have yer GB out a week to ten days, 24-48 hours if it's acuteI now go to Mexico for healthcare.
Their doctors are frequently US trained and equipped.
They still render professional services, which the US healthcare model now prohibits.
The doctors and dentists in the US have to charge by the JSIVA stds, so their medical database bookkeepers run the books for every penny permissible.
You will always be scheduled in a vacant Dr’s examination room, one of three, and that wait is billed to insurance, even when it is known the doctor won’t see you for another 30 minutes.
When you see the dentist, they always run more xrays than needed, then try to find another case where they have to replace all your fillings.
Go to Mexico. Dr has the same xray equipment, same labs, and he spends 30 minutes with you telling you what you need and don’t need, without intentions of getting rich over the billings. He still renders a professional service.
US MDs are prohibited from providing that service any longer because they aren’t getting paid if they do render it.
Go to Mexico, stay in a 4star hotel for <$200/day and get dental implants at $600/implant, instead of $2k+ per implant in the US. I meet Canadians there all the time on their vacations,...in the 4 star hotel getting their dental work and paying for their trip with the savings.
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If she was private, she could come in that same day.
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