Mama called the doctor and the doctor said, Please listen carefully as our menu options have changed. For our scheduling department please press 1. ....

Any household that can afford that many monkeys can probably afford to have a family doctor.

The phrase "snitches get stitches" makes a lot of assumptions about the availability and expediency of healthcare.

If I want to call MY doctor, a specific person, then no I can't.

If I want A doctor, then yes, I can just call. Any time 24/7, I can talk to someone. Worst case, it's a nurse.

And I don't have to be rich, it's free.

Doctors used to and still do make house calls. You just have to be wealthy

In Germany it still is.

Please crosspost to different communities, rather than making separate posts. It keeps a link between the comments so they don't need to be duplicated.

called up the dr and the dr said
The next availability is the 27th of next month.
We're open from 12pm to 4pm Tuesday to Thursday, please feel free to call back during open hours.
If this is an emergency, please hang up and dial 911
If you'd prefer to leave a message, please do so after the beep. After you're done, you can hang up, or press # for more options.

There's a thing called "concierge doctor." You pay $X per month and get basically 27/7 access to your doctor, and free consultations. It's not covered by insurance, and specialists (which is almost everything) still require insurance or other payment.

If you can afford it, concierge is absolutely fantastic.

Rural Town back when that rhyme was coined? Sure. He was just over of your neighbor's of you were even lucky enough to have a doctor in town. But not in an urban out semi urban area.

My family doctor made a house call in 1978, that's the last time I heard of it happening. Though he probably continued until he retired in the early 80s.