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Number of Canadians who give up and leave ERs over wait times has increased fivefold
(www.ctvnews.ca)
this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2023
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I'm in the U.S and have walked out a couple times.
In the longer term, I have a leukemia condition. It took five months to get an MRI and get someone to read the results. By that time the conditions had cleared up.
But there are a lot of conditions that can kill you in five months.
Meanwhile all conservatives want to privatize healthcare because they think Americans walk in, pay $100, and get seen within 5 minutes.
I try to tell them that they have the same wait times and pay thousands. At least in Canada we don't leave the ER with a bill. They don't listen, though.
But the US system is so much better because profit.
/s
Because from their point of view that's how it works. They know rich people and rich people pay get seen or have the procedure quickly and pay alot.