[staticassertion]

Yeah. A lot of people focus on the insured vs uninsured gap - if you're uninsured you're fucked. But the reality is that, even with insurance, medical care is a disaster. Finding a doctor in your network, waiting months to see them, completely unpredictable costs that, to me, borders on fraud, etc.

I've recently started a company, and at the same time a friend was laid off, and over the last 6 or so months I've gotten to experience the absurdity of this system from a few angles. It has been eye opening.

[hcknwscommenter]

The whole waiting months thing is so shameful, since it is a major talking point from people arguing in favor of the status quo. They point to wait times in Canada, which are entirely misinterpreted and never point to the fact that it can take months to see a specialist in your network in the US. Heck, the number of times I've been told "this Dr. is not taking any new patients" or some version of that, is astronomical.

[munk-a]

I'm up here in Canada - my wife's uncle had to wait three months for cataracts surgery, cataracts surgery is good in the long run and extremely non-urgent. He also had to have a rotoplasty in his heart to clear out plaque, he was booked into surgery within a week - my wife's aunt fell off a cliff (a small one) and got a concussion, she had excellent care.

In Canada non-urgent procedures have moderate wait lists, and urgent procedures get immediate attention. In the US monied patients get immediate attention and poor patients get long wait lines.

Honestly, this rationing BS needs to stop, the people spreading it are either maliciously disingenuous or misinformed and I'd bet quite a few are acting maliciously.