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Apart from a terribly selfish attitude, I'd like to see proof of the wait for CT scans. Australia has mostly socialised healthcare and I've always had xrays sam

• Spooky23 6y ago
  Key word is "non-urgent". If you have good insurance in the US, you'll get a same-day CT in a hospital setting to bring in some revenue where a quick xray would suffice.
• woggy 6y ago
  This has been my experience as well. The complaints I frequently hear from Americans regarding 'socialized healthcare' never ring true based on my experience in countries like the UK or Australia.
• smnrchrds 6y ago
  For Canada, the data is easy to find, since it is all public. Here is average and 90% (when 90% of the patients have received care) data for non-urgent CT scans in the province of Alberta. Before the pandemic hit, average and 90% were approximately 12 and 20 weeks. Due to the pandemic, now they are double. Ontario is doing much better. You can see their data in the second link. http://waittimes.alberta.ca/WaitTimeTrends.jsp?rcatID=19&rhaID=All_&doSearch=true&urgencyCode=3&facilityID=-9_&checkedRegionNo=0&oldCheckedRegionNo=0&oldCheckedFacilityNo=0&ifDisplayFacility=false&ifDisplayPhysician=false&command=goToAccessGoals&chartType=access_goal&subChartType=90_AVERAGE_&disabledChartType=trend&status=processAjax&ifHavingFPTMeasurement=true#WaitTimeInfo http://waittimes.alberta.ca/WaitTimeTrends.jsp?rcatID=19&rha... https://www.hqontario.ca/System-Performance/Wait-Times-for-Diagnostic-Imaging?ScanType=AdultCT https://www.hqontario.ca/System-Performance/Wait-Times-for-D...