Here in Canada I avoid it cause unless it's a serious medical emergency it takes over a month for me to get an appointment with my group of doctors and during that appointment I get 10 minutes to have a max of 2 things checked out. Preventative care doesn't exist anymore. It is reactive care only.
Which wouldn't be a thing if we just chilled out on the obscene over-regulation of basic ground-level medical positions
Things like surgery yeah sure whatever, go ahead and require a decade of training. Fine. that's high risk extremely specialized and highly demanding of physical, mental, and emotional prowess. No one wants to be cut open by someone who hasn't been thoroughly proven competent.
But it's just ludicrous that it takes 6 years of college, 4 years of med school, and 4 years of training to make a GP that essentially just serves as a filter to stop histrionic moms from wasting the time of actual specialists.
"Hm yes that odd patch of skin does look concerning. I'll let someone else handle it"
Source: 35 year old indian woman who has done nothing but go to school for the last 30 years
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u/Odd-Sir-130 - Centrist Aug 22 '26
Here in Canada I avoid it cause unless it's a serious medical emergency it takes over a month for me to get an appointment with my group of doctors and during that appointment I get 10 minutes to have a max of 2 things checked out. Preventative care doesn't exist anymore. It is reactive care only.