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Which country are you in and what's a typical doctor visit like? How much? Wait time? Etc

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Like going to a post office.

You walk in, show your health ID, get treated, then leave.

Edit: Assuming you're going to a hospital. Family doctor care is similar, although in my province they're contractors, and it can be hard to find one with an opening for new patients right now.

Oh, I just noticed it wait time was requested. It varies for family doctors; the local one that sucks can pretty much always get you in immediately. I'm with one that needs a couple days notice now, haha.

If you get referred to a specialist it's a long wait, like many months, and when you do go it's a human production line coordinated down to the second.

[–] Jamablaya@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I know for a fact you haven't been using the health care system in any province if you're spreading this bullshit.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

I was literally in the ER on Tuesday.

You must be in one of the provinces that are on the privatisation slippery slope. Alberta isn't really yet.

[–] Jamablaya@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Ah, look at that post history. Openly fascist troll, never mind.