We all know the American healthcare system has been an absolute dumpster fire for at least a couple generations, but I am still somehow surprised when we hit a new bottom.
In the last few years, that new bottom is the wait time for any kind of care--every time I've tried to schedule anything in the last few years, the first available appointment is months out. I've gone to urgent care a couple of times in the last year, only to be told that I need to see my PCP because there wasn't much they could offer...but my PCP wasn't available for months, and I was already in pain/sick. I just went to schedule a skin cancer screening, and the earliest I can see the dermatologist is the end of April.
One of the arguments made by those who oppose universal healthcare is the increased wait time to see a doctor in single-payer systems, but my private PPO is doing absolutely nothing to help me see a doctor in a normal amount of time. Is this strictly due to short-staffed hospital networks, or is there more at play?
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