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In large metro areas, even a PPO doesn’t help much. Specialists are in short supply in the US and elsewhere for various reasons.
by Cyph0n 7y ago
In large metro areas, even a PPO doesn’t help much. Specialists are in short supply in the US and elsewhere for various reasons.
- unishark 7y agoUsually people are saying the US has too many specialists, except for certain lower-paying specialties like obgyn. I've never had a problem with delays in large metro areas in california. I do recall hearing Boston was the worst big city to find a new doctor, supposedly due to Massachusetts' push have universal coverage.
- breakbread 7y agoMy mom lives in the DFW area and makes $50k. Within the past 5 weeks she's gone for a routine mammogram screening, seen a specialist about a grown that thankfully was benign, and been seen by a surgeon who removed the growth to be on the safe side because my mom is considered high risk.