alt Hacker News6 month median wait time for treatment, as in the case now in Canada, is not something I'd trade the American system for.
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shigawire • yesterday at 4:22 PM
The difference is wealthy people get the care immediately in the US while the poor can go to the ED and get a bankruptcy.
I also feared this, until I read that some US citizens avoid going to the doctor until it is unbearable. Take this examples: here in Spain you go to the doctor because you think that mole is slightly bigger than past year. They point you to the dermatologist in january 2027, a terrible 6 months waiting. In the US a lot of people thinks "hey, doesn't look that bad, and it could cost me $5,000". Five years pass, and now the mole is five times bigger, it bleeds and... well, it is a full blown melanoma: you get to the dermatologist 1 day after consultation, yet is too late.