It’s the same in the UK. There is national healthcare which is what most people go with because it’s free (and most people underestimate how infuriating it is sitting in a waiting room for 6 hours) and then there’s private healthcare which is what you go with if you want expediency.
A lot of the time if you go with private you end up being tended to by the same medical staff anyway, you’re basically just paying to skip the queue.
and most people underestimate how infuriating it is sitting in a waiting room for 6 hours
As an American: those are rookie numbers, I’ve been stuck waiting 6-8 on a bad day to get seen, not even counting the hours it takes to get more than vitals and some iv liquid…
Not trying to one up, I wish we had a system like that here.
We have long wait times too. Even with gold standard health insurance. ER can easily take 6-12 hours, and appointments are scheduled usually weeks to even months out
It’s the same in the UK. There is national healthcare which is what most people go with because it’s free (and most people underestimate how infuriating it is sitting in a waiting room for 6 hours) and then there’s private healthcare which is what you go with if you want expediency.
A lot of the time if you go with private you end up being tended to by the same medical staff anyway, you’re basically just paying to skip the queue.
In America we pay too much for healthcare AND sit in the waiting room for hours
As an American: those are rookie numbers, I’ve been stuck waiting 6-8 on a bad day to get seen, not even counting the hours it takes to get more than vitals and some iv liquid…
Not trying to one up, I wish we had a system like that here.
We have long wait times too. Even with gold standard health insurance. ER can easily take 6-12 hours, and appointments are scheduled usually weeks to even months out