alt Hacker NewsAn American PPO with a $10 co-pay is pretty awesome. The only downside is that it's too easy to get a procedure you don't need :)
I've tried tellings doctors in Denmark I wanted X, Y, Z test and getting told, nah, the outcome wouldn't change your treatment so we don't want to order those tests.
Generally, healthcare is decent, but no doubt a good PPO plan does not compare :)
Public health care seems more like HMO, you have to use a provider within network. Sometimes you need a referral from your primary physician, etc.
You can pick your doctor, but not everyone can take on more patients.
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syntaxing • yesterday at 11:30 PM
Minus the costly premium and not all employer offer PPO or its so expensive that it’s priced out as an option
That second paragraph is what scares me the most about pure public healthcare options. The following isn’t to compare/contrast systems.. it’s just a viewpoint.
My cardiologist went “tests look fine, heart looks fine, there’s no reason for you to take colchicine. No clue why you have issues, everything is fine. Just take this brand new beta blocker to manage your heart rate.”
Meanwhile, there’s no answer why my heart rate rises 30-40BPM randomly when I stand. Why my heart rate drops to a very difficult detectable rate when I sleep. No answers as to why two sips of wine causes my body to go into shock. - All resulting post-Covid.
That same doctor told me to discontinue colchicine; yet without colchicine most medications, inc. ADHD, are maybe half as effective.
These are items which deserve answers. Not an answer of “just take another pill”. Some of those “unnecessary” tests can provide inclusion/exclusion information. Yet just refusing that knowledge denies answers.
In the US I can just find new doctors. But in other systems it’s either difficult or impossible.