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I am around 40, and this number is probably around 1 week for me. I am quite healthy. My country (EU) has public health insurance, but getting actual treatment
by Throw73747 3y ago
I am around 40, and this number is probably around 1 week for me. I am quite healthy. My country (EU) has public health insurance, but getting actual treatment is a chore.
I have no GP (non accepts new patients), getting any sort of prescription or referral for a specialists is a big hustle.
It took me 5 years to find a dentist that accepted new patients. Now she is on maternity leave for a year, so I will have to do root cannal in Turkey (like 3td main reason for this trip).
I had to visit ER with a relative, we spend 12 hours waiting for treatment!
- margarina72 3y agoLet me guess, France?
- swells34 3y agoThe funny thing here is, I'm in the US, I pay a massive amount for health insurance, and have nearly identical experiences.
- trklausss 3y ago> I have no GP (none accept new patients) Sounds like you are living in Germany. I would consider it public health insurance but is a long way from universal healthcare. Although you may not be paying directly for a treatment, the whole medicine sector is private (I.e. there are no doctors directly working for the insurance provider). That causes some inefficiencies like hours of waiting in ER, doctors not accepting new patients etc. Compared to other systems in the EU (where doctors work for the insurance provider, most often times the government itself) processes are way more streamlined, like getting a GP assigned depending on where you live. But “you get the healthcare that you need, not the one you want”. Other issue is that they are almost running at capacity, so things like a pandemic tip the system over quite easily…