Humptie-Dumptie at 2024-03-15 03:04:55+00:00 ID: kuz81xh

I will say that, even though our taxes are high, our healthcare system works. There is nobody dying in the streets because they are poor or don't have medical insurance. Yes our system could be better, due to lack of medical workers and funding, but in my personal experience (which I have a lot of) i am so greatful of our system and all the healthcare workers who do a tremendous job every day. Also the system helps me to get (buy) all the different medicines I need daily. Atm. the system pays 85% of my costs for my medication.

Have a blessed weekend everyone 🌟🌹

escaped_abortion at 2024-03-15 13:12:17+00:00 ID: kuzift7

Had an accident during a handball match and hurt my left knee. That happened on February 4th. Went for about a month with a bit of swelling, discomford and left me out of any sports and running.. Went to the doctors clinic, got a reference for a MR Scan through my healthinsurrance from where I work. Had another reference to an orthopedic surgeon/specialist who concluded nothing was torn, and a couple of visits to a physiotherapist would do. Again, healthinsurrance granted 3+ appointments to clear out whatever was wrong. Only selfpaid during the entire journey was the ibuprofen needed (about $6 due to it being prescriped by my doctor).

What not to like would be, that without my private company healthinsurrance, I should probably have waited for about 6 month to get the initial MR scan...

snakkerdk at 2024-03-15 03:04:55+00:00 ID: kuzkx5d

Despite what some might say, I think our system is great, if it's urgent care, then it's usually pretty fast, where things break down, is for less critical (but important for the person of course) operations and such, which have too long waiting lists.

Key_Cheesecake_5177 at 2024-03-15 13:14:06+00:00 ID: kuzip7d

It’s rotten. Falling apart and people are switching to private healthcare insurances because they cannot get decent treatment with the public health system. Waiting times for a psychiatrists is longer than a year and if you go to the doctor they might just prescribe some unrelated pills so they don’t have to deal with you for some time. A recent thing that our public health system struggles with, is that it is spending all the money on fat people for their weight loss medicine

Affectionate-Hat9244 at 2024-03-15 13:37:58+00:00 ID: kuzm91k

If you don't know which continent Mexico is in, I'd recommend you look at an encyclopaedia. Mexico is Central America

Helloitisme1_2_3 at 2024-03-15 21:06:13+00:00 ID: kv1sfut

If you have a 'common illness/injury' (e.g. a broken arm), it might be ok. If you have something that causes many different symptoms or does not show up in simple blood tests, doctors always say it must be psychological.

Danish Study:

"In connection with 770 types of diseases, women were diagnosed later than men. There was an average difference of about four years."

https://www.cpr.ku.dk/cpr-news/2019/study-across-diseases-women-are-diagnosed-later-than-men/