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[–] 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

It's the same in the UK. There is national healthcare which is what most people go with because it's free (and most people underestimate how infuriating it is sitting in a waiting room for 6 hours) and then there's private healthcare which is what you go with if you want expediency.

A lot of the time if you go with private you end up being tended to by the same medical staff anyway, you're basically just paying to skip the queue.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago*

    and most people underestimate how infuriating it is sitting in a waiting room for 6 hours

    As an American: those are rookie numbers, I've been stuck waiting 6-8 on a bad day to get seen, not even counting the hours it takes to get more than vitals and some iv liquid...

    Not trying to one up, I wish we had a system like that here.

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