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/Secret_Squire1 13d ago

American having lived in Europe and the UK.

No it’s more like having to wait several weeks to be seen by a GP to be told to go home and take Tylenol while resting. I had my foot run over by a car and was told the same thing.

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u/Cadet_Stimpy 13d ago

It takes months to get appointments in the US now too. It’s not a socialized healthcare issue, it’s a medical professional shortage issue.

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u/Netflixandmeal 13d ago

That’s not true really. You can go to an urgent care or er and get seen right then if your foot was ran over by a car.

For something non emergency? Sure an appointment may be a few weeks out.

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u/Cadet_Stimpy 13d ago

If you read carefully, the comment I was responding to was referencing waiting weeks to see a GP. I said I had to wait a couple months to see my GP. No one said anything about urgent care or emergency rooms, but the vast majority of the responses I’m getting to this comment seem to have missed that.

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u/Netflixandmeal 13d ago

Your comment was in relation to a comment of having to wait to see a gc for an emergency. The emergency being having your foot ran over by a car.

If you read my comment I said sure, an appointment with a gc can take a couple of weeks. Just like any other non emergency appointment of any other part of your life.

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u/Cadet_Stimpy 13d ago

I never said anything about an emergency. I said this specifically:

“It takes months to get appointments in the US now too. It’s not a socialized healthcare issue, it’s a medical professional shortage issue.”

You’re making up narratives in your head, mate. You should make an appointment with a psychotherapist.

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u/Netflixandmeal 13d ago

You replied to a comment talking about waiting to get a foot seen from getting ran over by a car. Do you have ADD?

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u/Cadet_Stimpy 13d ago

They said their foot was run over and they were “told the same thing” in regards to taking Tylenol. They did not say it took weeks to be seen for their foot that was run over. If nothing is broken, then Tylenol is all a doctor can recommend in that situation.