"If the US did universal healthcare we'd have to wait months for procedures like they do in Canada" in the US it takes five to eight months to get a dentist appointment and four to get a general check-up.
#will admit#we do have a bit of a doctor shortage here#though that’s not because of public healthcare#that’s because of how medical schools and residency is run here#doctors trained abroad have a hell of a time getting residency here#(and that’s not like. doctors trained abroad who need upgrading. that’s not immigrants either. this is Canadian citizens who trained#in programs recognized by Canada) (via @miazma)
The US has a doctor shortage as well, due to the combined forces of "people treating doctors like absolute dogshit during covid" and "older doctors retiring early during covid" and "medical school being hideously expensive" and "doctors are now expected to spend like 2+ extra hours a day answering messages on MyChart and so they burn out and go into private practice for rich folk" and "the best money in doctoring is being a private doctor for rich people and there's so much less corporate bullshit" and "healthcare practices keep getting bought out by bigger companies that are horribly managed". it's a shitshow.
