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A for-profit healthcare system is bad.
And I wish more mainstream outlets than Vox would talk about that. So many Americans are absolutely convinced that socialized medicine is a terrible idea. My mom watched British reality shows about hospitals on Netflix and if you would hear her talk about it, British people are dying in the streets because the ambulance doesn't get there for half a day and you have to wait five years to see a doctor.
And I've told her that she's watching a show put together by people who want you to see the worst possible side of things so you'll keep watching, but she just doesn't accept that.
I’m an American and I have to wait months to see a specialist. I think I’ll take my chances with socialized healthcare.
Yep. Me too. Took me nine months to get a new neurologist when my old one retired.
Edit: Apparently there are at least three fans of the American capitalist healthcare system.
I think it was a five month wait to see if I had cancer. Luckily it wasn't a bad one, eh?
Are you in the USA?
My specialist won't even see patients anymore. You have to schedule to see a medical assistant, and even that is 12 months out.
What kills me is this was literally the prime complaint against socialized healthcare. Then the covid lockdown hit and suddenly it takes 3 months for me to get an appointment with my primary doctor.
10 years before COVID I had to change primary care doctors because he was scheduled 3 months out. It got way worse after COVID, but the argument about long wait times was always overblown.