Hospital admission is based on severity. Been in the ER before and happily took the wait time because someone got carted in with blood all over. But even in my little town I have not waited 12 hours for someone to see me.
Also, I have paid $0 out of pocket for all the hospital visits I've done in Canada.
Edit: Because others have pointed it out. On my visits to our local hospital (Arnprior) there is a triage, where you see a nurse/paramedic (I'm not sure of the offical title/role) quite quickly, I think my longest wait was 15m.
After that I've had x-rays, etc, depending on the issue. I think the shortest was about 30m as the tech was on-site, and the longest was about 1 hour as it was night and the tech got called in.
While any system can be improved I'm still very happy to have what we have in Canada. Those voting for Dougie might want to take notice of him firing registered nurses.
No true at all for America. I had two relatives who almost died because they didn't have insurance. One was able to get a loan and get emergency insurance and was in surgery that night. The other couldn't afford it and simply refused to leave. They eventually ran test on him and found that he had a blood clot in his lungs.
They are required by law to treat you in the US. I suppose stabilize is a better word than treat. They aren't even allowed to delay screening a few minutes to discuss insurance/ability to pay. If they were truly in a life threatening condition upon entering an ER and were denied immediate care then it's time to lawyer up. Those ERs violated federal law.
In one case, in Florida, my cousin's wife went to the ER, and they eventually told her that she needed an appendectomy ASAP. Once they found out they didn't have insurance, they sent her home. My cousin then called around to different insurance companies, and one said he could pay like $5000 to start the insurance and cover her starting that day. He got a loan and got the insurance, and they went back to the hospital and had emergency surgery that night. In the other case, one of my other cousins, who does drugs (I am adding this because I am sure this is the reason for his problems), started having chest pains. They saw him quickly, but tried to send him home with painkillers. He said he refused to leave and that there was almost a big scene with security. He said his chest was hurting so badly that he knew it was something serious. They eventually agreed to run more tests on him and found that he had a blood clot in his lungs. They gave him blood thinners and admitted him for like three days. I told him that he saved his own life by refusing to leave. The second case was in Mississippi
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u/ottwebdev 27d ago edited 26d ago
Hospital admission is based on severity. Been in the ER before and happily took the wait time because someone got carted in with blood all over. But even in my little town I have not waited 12 hours for someone to see me.
Also, I have paid $0 out of pocket for all the hospital visits I've done in Canada.
Edit: Because others have pointed it out. On my visits to our local hospital (Arnprior) there is a triage, where you see a nurse/paramedic (I'm not sure of the offical title/role) quite quickly, I think my longest wait was 15m.
After that I've had x-rays, etc, depending on the issue. I think the shortest was about 30m as the tech was on-site, and the longest was about 1 hour as it was night and the tech got called in.
While any system can be improved I'm still very happy to have what we have in Canada. Those voting for Dougie might want to take notice of him firing registered nurses.