Canadian healthcare
I had to “fail” Physical Therapy before I got an MRI with a history of bulging & herniated discs. All it did was cost me money and delay treatment that worked. (EnDealing with the exact same situation now. Need mri to confirm herniation but can’t get it approved without 6 weeks of continuous care and pt which is doing nothing but making it feel worse as it just agitates the injury when ultimately it will end up being a steroid shot that will fix it. So frustratingded up needing epidural steroid injections)Currently waiting to get an mri. Doctors office got me in for one in 3 weeks, week 2 I got a call from doctors office that my insurance denied the mri as they don’t approve it until I’ve had 6 consecutive weeks of care under the same doctor who can’t actually give me the appropriate care without having an mri done to actually give the diagnosis, but yes I love when simps tell me how great American health care is.I may or may not have brain cancer or some other nasty disease. I’ve been dealing with some pretty distressing neurological problems. 9 month wait to see the neurologist. These people are full of shit, we get it all the price gouging, the long waits, and poor quality of care.Yep. I went in for cellulitis in my leg years back, got out and they told me the 'swelling will go down in a week or two'. When it didn't I tried to get them to look at it again and all they did was keep prescribing me blood thinners insisting it would 'go down eventually'. Eight months later they finally admitted they had no idea what was going on and set me up for a specialist appointment three months after that. When I finally got in they found out the cellulitis had caused me to develop lymphedema, and by then my leg was permanently swollen in places from hard tissue buildup that could have been prevented if I'd started treatment right away instead of them trying to put off running tests for almost a yearAmerican here. Kept having seizures related to a previous brain injury. While I struggled to find a job with benefits (college grad with 20 years of experience), it took 8 months to get on Medicaid. Once on it, I made a neurology appointment and the earliest they could get me in was 3 months later. By the time I had my appointment, I had found a job so I lost Medicaid and had to pay $400 for the appointment to meet my deductible and was told my medication was working and have a good day.I'm in Florida (USA). My primary doctor retired. I called more than a dozen practices trying to establish as a new patient. Either they weren't taking new patients at all, or it was 18-24 months before I could be seen.
I had to ask a friend who is a doctor, who asked a friend of his to start see me as a patient.
And, of course I pay $10,000/year for insurance that still leaves me paying most things out of pocket think the points about shortage of doctors and staff and long wait times mostly applies to certain things like ER and family doctors. The long waits can also be because of triage rules.
Unfortunately, I've had more than a few friends and family members (5) who developed cancers and they have all been scheduled for scans and treatment within a week or two. The spouses were also offered therapy/counseling as well, and parking was free for patients at the treatment center.
The doctors and nurses have all be so incredibly nice. They were so supportive, empathetic and patient. They also have translaters avaliable that could facetime in for many different languages.
Another caveat is we're in big cities. I'm sure the staffing issue is exponentially worse in rual area
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