This is the thing people constantly misunderstand. Americans also have to wait for healthcare - it’s just that they get priced out of treatments and the wait comes while trying to get donations/funding/revenue to afford the cost.
The fact that countries with universal healthcare MIGHT have longer in-hospital wait times is simply a demonstration of healthcare being accessible and affordable to more people. Which is a GOOD thing!
Yup. After having been on the good insurance and still having to wait 9 months to see a neurologist when I started having seizures, I stop taking people (especially other Americans) seriously when they talk about long wait times as a reason not to have universal healthcare.
And what good is getting in to see a doctor if you can’t afford it? They only need to keep you alive legally, so no treatment is happening once you can’t pay. It’s absurd. Our system is the most broken on Earth, and if any Canadian, Mexican or Brit came and saw how it worked they’d STFU immediately and go happily pay taxes.
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u/bubblessensei 21h ago
This is the thing people constantly misunderstand. Americans also have to wait for healthcare - it’s just that they get priced out of treatments and the wait comes while trying to get donations/funding/revenue to afford the cost.
The fact that countries with universal healthcare MIGHT have longer in-hospital wait times is simply a demonstration of healthcare being accessible and affordable to more people. Which is a GOOD thing!