The Wife just contacted the immunologist to see if she has an appointment yet.
In April of 2015, her doctor suggested a visit to a specialist regarding some concerns. In June, we contacted the immunologist's office to find out what was going on: they told her 2 more months.Today, she followed up again: they told her they are booking for February.
Trump is misinformed, there is no "Canadian Healthcare", each province manages it separately. However, regarding Nova Scotia Health, Trump is absolutely correct, and denying it only gives the man greater credibility.
"[Nova Scotians], ... their system is so slow. It’s catastrophic in certain ways"
#NSHA #NSHealth
After some of the things I've seen, I'm just glad we are still in the waiting pool (I got rejected for the nephrology wait pool)
Our healthcare may be absent, but at least we don't pay for it.
I'm about socialism. I don't want to deny anyone care because they can't afford it or have insurance. That's absolutely ridiculous.
1. The system is broken because we don't have enough physicians to support this style of care.
2. The system is healthy because everyone is denied treatment?
I will add:
* two years waiting for triage is the difference between meaningful chemotherapy (your example) and being terminal.
* I strongly agree with your " ... socialism ... don't want to deny ... ridiculous" statement
I waited 2 years to get into a surgeon to tell me my problem wouldn't be solved surgically and to go back to my GP (back when I had one, we all have to use walk in clinics now) to get a referral to somewhere else. It took me 4 years to get a diagnosis, but it turned out to be arthritis, which is hardly urgent.
It sucks but it's the reality. At least I'm not paying to be inconvenienced.
Just like the même about how Breaking Bad would never happen here...its not the perfect system but it's better than many alternatives.
We agree that 2-4 years just to begin investigating symptoms, in downtown Halifax, is unreasonable; that there is a problem.
* That this is the reality of healthcare in Canada, is impossible to deny.
* That we should accept it unquestioningly, I disagree with.
* That this is not a case of mis-management, I strongly disagree with.
And yet, every time someone like Trump makes a statement like "their system is so slow", Canadians jump to deny it; even though in this entire discussion, we have both agreed that it is an unreasonably long period of time.
Rather that settling for a system because "it could be worse", people should be questioning how it could be better.
Denying there are problems, acts as a barrier to that action.