r/FluentInFinance • u/The-Lucky-Investor • 13d ago

“Medicare for All” would save the U.S $5.1 Trillion over 10 years Discussion/ Debate

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/11/30/easy-pay-something-costs-less-new-study-shows-medicare-all-would-save-us-51-trillion
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u/FeInfantryCop 13d ago

You mean botox and dental work? Yeah that's normal and also has advisory due to how many infections arise from Mexican surgery crossings.

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u/Cadet_Stimpy 13d ago

Meds and GP/PCM appointments as well.

I’m not sure what your end goal is. I’ve experienced months long waits myself. I had an appointment with a specialist for next week that was just canceled and pushed back to late July due to staffing shortages. This ain’t some figment of my imagination I’ve made up to argue with people on Reddit.

Here are some sources with facts about the current and future healthcare shortage:

https://www.aamc.org/news/press-releases/new-aamc-report-shows-continuing-projected-physician-shortage#:~:text=According%20to%20new%20projections%20published,to%2086%2C000%20physicians%20by%202036.

https://www.oracle.com/human-capital-management/healthcare-workforce-shortage/#:~:text=One%20study%20projects%20that%20if,more%20than%204%20million%20workers.

Just google “healthcare shortage” and you’ll see that there already is a shortage that is projected get worse, no matter how quickly the turn around for appointments with your GP are for you.

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u/FeInfantryCop 13d ago

Healthcare shortage is literally international. It is a huge influx of population with no increase in doctors being graduated. But we still have faster wait times than Europe and Canada. The NHS had to have a law enacted due to 6+ month wait times for CANCER patients. There is literal panels to determine if helping patients is a good use of their limited resources. We do not have that here.

Even our longer wait times is much shorter than Europe or Canada. The average wait time to see a PCP for a NON EMERGENT appointment is less than 2 weeks NATIONALLY. Europe is seeing closer to 14.5 WEEKS to see a doctor. We have it much better here and that's with the issue of running short on Healthcare professionals.

EDIT to add the NHS' History of wait times.

"What matters to individual patients is the time spent waiting. NHS England has an elective care recovery plan to eliminate long waits. Median waiting times stand at 14.5 weeks and only 58% of people are being treated within 18 weeks, so further action will be needed. Eliminating the backlog and restoring waiting times to 18 weeks will be very challenging. The achievements of the early 2000s, when waiting times were brought down from 18 months to 18 weeks, shows it can be done. However, this will require significant investment alongside sustained focus and effective supporting policies."