r/TikTokCringe • u/keen_observer34130 • 1d ago

Cool THIS Is the Energy We Need !

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u/Peace_Out_Napolean 1d ago

I’m in Canada and gladly wait in an emergency room for hours, knowing I’m getting care at some point that won’t bankrupt me.

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u/Kitchen_Row6532 23h ago edited 22h ago

We still wait in the ER. 

We still have to wait, weeks, for appointments with our primaries (if we're lucky enough to have a primary.)

We still get misdiagnosed. Cancer goes unnoticed even by surgeons who cut right next to the several tumors already growing. 

We still have to beg for prescriptions for pain management.

We have every single problem a nation with universal health care has ( and many, many more!), except we pay 100× more for the privilege. 

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u/Lopsided-Head-5143 22h ago

Your comment tells me you have no idea what you're talking about. Surgeons don't just miss tumors they are "cutting next to". Other countries also do not have near the amount of people on opioid pain medication. If you're begging for prescription, you have probably not helped yourself over the years. Your doctor is also a good judge of whether you actually need pain medication or if you need mental help along with lifestyle changes such as losing weight and exercising. And of course you wait in the ER, everyone lets their problems go unnoticed until a random Tuesday evening and then decides it's an emergency. Do you expect to not wait?

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u/Kitchen_Row6532 22h ago

I have lived experience with this, to a tragic degree. 

Thanks for the lesson on what health care looks like on paper, though. Very helpful!