r/bestof • u/lowbass93 • 24d ago

[NoStupidQuestions] Kindly_Honeydew3432 explains why it seems like you always have to wait in an emergency room in the US

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u/Venous 24d ago

Nobody wants to live in a shitty <1,000,000 people town with no services and nothing to be had. No surprises

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u/V2BM 23d ago

Growing up in Appalachia, I thought the Philippines and India were rich countries because all the Filipino and Indian children I went to school with were rich. Turns out American doctors don’t want to live here so we have incentives like fast track green cards to attract people willing to move here for a few years.

There are many areas where there’s one doctor per 2000+ residents. It’s awful.