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/Pigletpowpow 13d ago

Yeah… had a seizure and was told I needed to get an EEG done, immediately. Called to schedule after the first visit that took 3 weeks to get to after the seizure, to be scheduled out 2 months to be able to get my test done.

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u/Pats_Bunny 13d ago edited 13d ago

Which part of the country are you located? I'm in San Diego, and from the day a tumor was found in my colon, I was in treatment a month later. That was after a colonoscopy (to go deeper up my butt than the sigmoidoscopy), CT scan, MRI, PET scan, tumor biopsy, and PICC line "install," plus an appt with an onc and a GI surgeon, a second opinion oncologist appt, and a port-a-cath pre-op consult all being scheduled in that 4 week period.

I have Kaiser, and everything is under the same roof and streamlined, and I'm also in a desirable area for doctors to practice. This is not the case around the country as I have come to find out it is very location and provider dependent on how quickly you can find care.

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u/Pigletpowpow 13d ago

Northern Nevada, Renown. All of it also under the same roof, urgently get stuff done in a couple months is all.

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u/Pats_Bunny 13d ago

That sucks. It's scary to have serious stuff going on and having diagnostics drag out.