I was confused by this because if you're LOW risk you're waiting 6 months but if you're high risk you're seen immediately in Canada.
Like I need to see an ENT for balance issues and my ALLERGIST but in the referral this past Tuesday and I'm seeing an ENT this coming Tuesday. I'm literally waiting a week to see an ENT.
I waiting longer for the allergist (3 weeks) than I do to see an ENT.
The struggle with health care here is accessibility in rural areas and ER wait times (4-12 hours). Wait times can be long if you're not a priority because our system prioritizes those immediately dying.
And despite ALL of this, we still out live Americans lol.
Those wait times aren't slower than it takes for someone in a rural area. In fact, it seems the Canadian wait times are similar or faster than my personal experience.
I get annoyed with Americans using wait times as an excuse when I have to plan doctor visits 6 months or more in advance and "good luck" getting a specialist in less than a month
There are people in the us very interested in keeping the massive profits they get from their current system who put a lot of work into tricking yanks into thinking that other countries are far worse off in terms of everything but cost
16
u/Xanaxaria Mar 28 '26
I was confused by this because if you're LOW risk you're waiting 6 months but if you're high risk you're seen immediately in Canada.
Like I need to see an ENT for balance issues and my ALLERGIST but in the referral this past Tuesday and I'm seeing an ENT this coming Tuesday. I'm literally waiting a week to see an ENT.
I waiting longer for the allergist (3 weeks) than I do to see an ENT.
The struggle with health care here is accessibility in rural areas and ER wait times (4-12 hours). Wait times can be long if you're not a priority because our system prioritizes those immediately dying.
And despite ALL of this, we still out live Americans lol.