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"In some systems, GP visits are free but very bureaucratic. You have to make an appointment a week in advance. Does not matter if your appendix is bursting. If
by timr 9y ago
"In some systems, GP visits are free but very bureaucratic. You have to make an appointment a week in advance. Does not matter if your appendix is bursting. If you go to the ER they will send you to get a referral from an emergency GP clinic."
These systems seem to exist primarily in the minds of conservative Americans. In years of traveling and living abroad, I have yet to encounter anyone who lives under one.
I'm not saying that they don't exist. I'm just saying that they're most commonly encountered on Fox News.
- mikeash 9y agoI'll go ahead and say they don't exist. There are countries where the ER will kick you out if you can't pay, but none which require you to get an appointment a week in advance for a life-threatening emergency.