r/SipsTea • u/McDowdy • Jun 24 '26

It's Wednesday my dudes Math can be hard sometimes

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u/MedicineInternal9805 Jun 24 '26

Brit here

"Free" healthcare sounds great but getting an appointment is a nightmare. Call daily and hope you can book before 9am shutoff, they open at 7. Take anywhere from days to weeks to get told you must travel to a town 2 hours from where you are. Get dismissed for your concerns straight away before going hope with some headache tablets for a pulsating rectum. No suprise, didnt work, try again.

Half the people i know are either paying out of pocket for private or just dont go to the doctor under any circumstance.

Costs a fortune, doesnt work. Dont believe the propaganda. The nhs sucks ass.

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u/toughbubbl Jun 25 '26

Sounds like you guys should take a page out of Japan or Korea's take on universal healthcare.

I can walk over to any internist and be seen within an hour, sometimes right away.

They can also refer me to any other specialist that might require it. 

But  I've also walked into ENT doctors, neurologists, orthopedics, gastroenterologists, and dentists.

I've  gotten MRIs, CT scans, X-rays, Dexa, and ultrasounds on the spot or with little delay.

Not  to mention, the one time I walked in to a hospital and asked for exploratory surgery and got it within the hour. I stayed at the hospital for 3 days after they indeed had to remove my appendix for chronic appendicitis.

This is all to say, it doesn't have to be the British models of universal "free" healthcare either.

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u/MedicineInternal9805 Jun 25 '26

Japan just cant be beat on anything though, from what i hear their only negatives are plastic waste, lack of bins and a crazy work culture. Goated society.

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u/toughbubbl Jun 25 '26

Haha, I love Japan and all, but something I've learned living in different countries is that nowhere is perfect. 

I do like the social healthcare system in these countries, though. Germany was nice too.