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Originally posted by Adeptus
The upside of the US system is that if you have insurance coverage and if you need something serious done, you will get it done promptly and won't end up waiting in a long line. That doesn't seem to be the case in countries with socialized medicine -- at least, it doesn't seem to be the case in Canada and UK. I personally know people in both, who have waited for non-critical (but definitely quality of life improving) medical services for years. That wouldn't happen here, because there is enough money in it for capacity to outpace demand.
If people need to wait a couple of days for non-critical things to be done, it is because more important critical things of other people come first. I don't see anything wrong in that, in fact I wouldn't want it in any other way.
Apposed to getting people in front of line, eventhough they have something non-critical, while those others have criticial things but are uninsuranced.
And waiting for years for something non-critical has got nothing todo with all this. If they needed to wait for years it is because something was not available at that time (donor, medical knowhow, whatever) or wasn't opssible todo on their age, etc. There are perfect reason for something like that. Even if those people lived in the US and had the best medial plan available they still would have been waiting "for years".
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