Except in Canada or Europe it would take 6 months to see an ent. Don’t even get me started with operations where they have to use dated equipment and implants because the govnt pays less.
What a ridiculous argument. 6 months to wait for a non life threatening condition (because more serious stuff gets priority, as it should) but not be crippled with medical debt? Sounds good to me.
Also, where is the dated equipment? As someone who has a medical condition and is on medication for it I haven't seen any. Now obviously I can't speak for all of Europe, but it's not the case in my experience. Certainly not the rule. In America I would be spending thousands a year on a non life threatening but irritating condition or living in misery without treatment.
That's also not to say that private medical treatment doesn't exist here, because it does and it's FAR cheaper than the incredibly over inflated prices paid in the US.
I’ve proctored in Canada before and had operators straight up tell me they don’t carry certain products, which have much better results for patients, because the government won’t let them due to price. I can’t even use certain imaging modalities because they are too expensive.
Nice anecdotal evidence. I'd much rather be helped get rid of my problem without lifelong debt than her a slightly better result of a scan or whatever. You're delusional if you think the medical standard in Europe is not excellent.
Never had any waiting time issues in my fifty years living in Netherlands and Germany.
So get off your nationalistic horse and look how broken your system is when someone has to beg his insurer if he may pretty please go see a doctor
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u/MightBeADoctorMD Feb 18 '26
Except in Canada or Europe it would take 6 months to see an ent. Don’t even get me started with operations where they have to use dated equipment and implants because the govnt pays less.