Shorter wait lmao
I've been waiting for almost a year to see a specialist for my depression
I have health insurance and my parents have money to pay for it, just that we aren't rich enough to skip the line
this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2025
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When it's free or super low cost, it's paid by the government. This means the government has a vested interest in keeping you healthy so they don't have to pay more. It's a great set up.
Plus more preventative care. Get something checked out early rather than waiting months and now being treated inpatient.
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Does american healthcare really have shorter wait times? I've seen a lot of people waiting and done a lot of waiting myself.
Is there any data?
While it may depend on what country you want to compare it to there is nothing about privatization that inherently reduces wait times. My experience is that after leaving the US my wait times are equivalent or improved.
Private insurance just means you wait, it costs a lot more, and you're way more likely to delay treatment of your own accord because the profit motive makes the system a financial terror and a psychological torment.
its also propagandized, designed to make people wait, because the insurance would rather you pay for insurance and not use its services at all, because thats costs them money each time. hence thats why they raise rates for OLDER people(55+), to price them out of the system, and you hare the shitty ones like UHC/UHG, or blue shield deny drugs or procedures all the time.
Remember pre-existing condition exclusions? Hahahs good times 🤑
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if i had to pay for healthcare i better not be fucking waiting.
I probably don't need to tell you this, but don't visit the US.
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I work for a big healthcare provider and in spite this likely being true, I still hear all the time about trying to "reduce over utilization". It's disgusting.
and probably qoutas for DENIALS, over approvals for certain situations. i know one drug, dupixent is often denied by insurance, because its super expensive.
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Why do you think healthcare is tied to employment?
They only want to help if they can get a return on their investment. That's all we are to them.
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