*If you can afford the premiums, otherwise enjoy jumping through months of bureaucratic hoops to get referrals so you can be put on a waiting list to even be considered being a patient for the few doctors available, who will also have multi-month long wait times between appointments because of how over burdened they are.
We DONT have shorter wait times for most speciality care
I mean, we have shorter wait times for very specific things. But overall, we just don’t have significantly shorter times to specialists than many other countries with mature healthcare systems.
There are many great discussions to be had on wait times, provider availability, etc, but blanket statements about US wait times being “better” are largely oversimplified
Also, those are wait times counting from when you call. It doesn’t take into account the issue of many Americans waiting for years and years because they can’t afford it.
We have shorter* wait times!
*If you can afford the premiums, otherwise enjoy jumping through months of bureaucratic hoops to get referrals so you can be put on a waiting list to even be considered being a patient for the few doctors available, who will also have multi-month long wait times between appointments because of how over burdened they are.
Check OECD data
We DONT have shorter wait times for most speciality care
I mean, we have shorter wait times for very specific things. But overall, we just don’t have significantly shorter times to specialists than many other countries with mature healthcare systems.
There are many great discussions to be had on wait times, provider availability, etc, but blanket statements about US wait times being “better” are largely oversimplified
Oh yea I know. I was doing a bit.
Oh I know I just scream “OECD DATA SETS!!!” into the void whenever these conversations come up lol.
Lol I get it. Gotta raise awareness that these data sets even exist at all whenever you can.
Also, those are wait times counting from when you call. It doesn’t take into account the issue of many Americans waiting for years and years because they can’t afford it.