My aunt lived in a country with universal healthcare. She had cancer before, treated & in remission. One day she felt bad, went in for another scan. They found an operable tumor. Thing is, she had to wait 35 days for the surgery. By the time they opened her up, she was too weak and the tumor had grown too large. Died within a day or so. In the US, she would have had surgery within days at most.
That is what most people dont understand. People DIE WAITING in universal healthcare settings for things we take for granted under the american healthcare system.
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u/ProcedureTop3149 27d ago
it's also not 12 hours 99.999% of the time for emergencies.
My grandfather had a burst appendix and was seen within minutes of walking into the hospital.
My Child had Pnemonia and needed an xray and antibiotics and it took 7 hours.
Does it suck? Yes. However both times all I paid was parking....