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Please Canada, don’t become the US, trust us you don’t want it
when was the last time yall saw a doctor?
A what? The vast majority of Americans do not make routine office visits and rely on emergency clinics for healthcare when there is an issue
no i mean you personally, whens the last time YOU went to the doctor.
I had to visit the ER clinic down the street from where I live (there’s one on basically every corner) just a few months ago. I don’t do annual check ups even though I have health insurance from work because the copays and any procedure costs are still significant out of pocket, my deductible is over $7k USD per year and I’m not going to be spending that any time soon. Anyways the doctor that I saw did me a solid, he told me I could use some pliers at home instead of having to pay the exorbitant fees at the ER clinic, so I was able to remove the arrow from my knee all by myself.
I’ll bite, let’s see where this is going.
I went to the doctor last week.
Last time I needed to see a doctor for a non urgent matter I booked an appointment 2 weeks from the day. From there I got refered to a specialist a weeks dns ahalf later.
Why do you ask?
The Alberta government will do whatever they can to strip public Healthcare. They benefit from introducing private care. They're going to push for it regardless of how it hurts regular people.
The constant attack on healthcare across western countries is starting to become pretty horrifying. Not liking where this is all going
Can confirm it's happening in Toronto not 5k but they don't even seem to guarantee appointment times or that your getting an actual doctor. And given how hard it is to get a family doctor here I'm almost desperate enough to pay it.
Evidence: https://www.careand.ca/family-practice
Let's call out these fees for what they are: BRIBES.
That's the worst part about these fees: They still charge the public healthcare system. In effect we're all paying for a small number of people to get priority service because they slid $5000 to the doctor under the table.
I know that not everyone who pays the fee is complicit. Some people are easily fooled by the "membership" wording, and desperate for medical care.
That being said, the clinics that ask for these bribes know exactly what they're doing, they're asking their customer to slide them money, outside the system, for preferential treatment. Doctors asking for bribes is disgusting behavior and we need to be clear that we all know what they're doing, and we're not fooled by "memberships" to access care we already paid for.
What a nightmare. Double dipping, but I do actually kinda not feel that bad for anyone who falls for this, except for how it hurts the rest of the system.
People do not readily take advantage of this kind of service.
When there's truly no choice, though, people will pay.
But this is criminally a dick move.
I'm not sure there's much to take advantage of. It's mostly rich dicks paying to avoid lines which aren't even that bad. There is not a "truly no choice" context in Calgary, since care is given based on need. Sure, go to the ER with a cut hand and you'll wait 24 hours, but a community clinic will be able to have you in within an hour most of the time. I remember as a teen I was very sick and was waiting at the ER of the children's and when my condition got worse, they immediately started taking care of me. It's a myth that anybody is any danger as a result of waiting for care.
And not a peep of complaint from the general public at this dystopian outrage.
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this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2023
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