alt Hacker NewsThat 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.
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> All resulting post-Covid
Find a long Covid specialist, those things aren't normal but are known to be effects of long Covid.
At least in the systems I’ve experienced (Australia and Japan). You can just go to another doctor.
There’s no “insurance networks” and no visitation limits. You can go to _any_ doctor nationwide.
I’d be curious to know where you had that experience and what the limits are on finding a different doctor ..