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Americans travel for healthcare too, including to India, Mexico, and IIRC Canada. > US has the best healthcare in the World I hear this repeated a lot, almost
by wolverine876 5y ago
Americans travel for healthcare too, including to India, Mexico, and IIRC Canada.
> US has the best healthcare in the World
I hear this repeated a lot, almost like a marketing tagline, but I haven't seen it.
Mostly I see what looks like highly constrained supply: wealthy people wait a long time, sometimes months, even with very alarming or painful conditions, and then get minimal attention - usually no diagnosis, just a guess and a pill - and then are on their own unless they want to start the process over again. Or they may get referred to someone else, which starts the clock over. The lack of diagnosis is now a joke among people I know; my impression is that the doctors lack the resources (i.e., time) to track down the actual problem; they just try to manage everything.
Is there a basis to the claim?
- everybodyknows 5y ago> my impression is that the doctors lack the resources (i.e., time) to track down the actual problem Supporting anecdata: I happen to know of a well-regarded specialist, past retirement age, who works this niche by seeing patients for cash only, insurance billing.