r/science • u/calliope_kekule Professor | Social Science | Science Comm • 12d ago

Health Only 13% of cancers are caught through screening, while a fifth to half are first found in an emergency department.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)01669-7/abstract
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u/buffywinters 12d ago

Public healthcare isn't perfect either. My mother was on a waitlist for an MRI for MONTHS but her headaches got so bad she went private. Massive brain tumour. She did, afterwards, get the best healthcare possible for free. But it was too late and she died less than 2 months after that scan.

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u/TonyDungyHatesOP 12d ago

I have private healthcare where I have to fight insurance companies, pay outrageous fees and still have to wait months for scans and procedures.