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| ▲ | array_key_first 2 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Not the person you replied to but I'm in North Texas and I just recently had to reschedule my physical. And yup, the next appointment is 2 months out. I also had cancer in the past and you might think that that would mean I get faster appointments. I do not. And I have a very, very, very good PPO plan. |
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| ▲ | chrisjj 2 days ago | parent [-] | | > I also had cancer in the past and you might think that that would mean I get faster appointments. I do not. Sadly you do not may be because lower life expectancy -> lower return on treatment "investment". |
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| ▲ | tracker1 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| That was my thinking... even for specialists, I can generally get into a new one within a few weeks. My SO is on state Medicaid (cancer) and does experience the kinds of waits mentioned above... so I guess it does follow similarly for government/state backed healthcare, where I'm mostly out of pocket. But even when I had relatively typical coverage, I didn't have issues getting into a doctor more often than not. I think getting my sleep study was the longest wait I had for anything, they were months backed up with appointments... but my kidney and retina specialists were somewhat easy to get started with. |
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| ▲ | 0xffff2 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| As usual when people say "the US", we're papering over the fact that the United States is really 50 countries in a trench coat. |
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| ▲ | chrisjj 2 days ago | parent [-] | | > the United States is really 50 countries in a trench coat. Appropriate attire... when you're in a trench :) |
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