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Where in the US are you? I was able to book a visit with my primary the very next day less than a month ago.

• tracker1 7mo ago
  That was my thinking... even for specialists, I can generally get into a new one within a few weeks. My SO is on state Medicaid (cancer) and does experience the kinds of waits mentioned above... so I guess it does follow similarly for government/state backed healthcare, where I'm mostly out of pocket. But even when I had relatively typical coverage, I didn't have issues getting into a doctor more often than not. I think getting my sleep study was the longest wait I had for anything, they were months backed up with appointments... but my kidney and retina specialists were somewhat easy to get started with.
• array_key_first 7mo ago
  Not the person you replied to but I'm in North Texas and I just recently had to reschedule my physical. And yup, the next appointment is 2 months out. I also had cancer in the past and you might think that that would mean I get faster appointments. I do not. And I have a very, very, very good PPO plan.
  • chrisjj 7mo ago
    > I also had cancer in the past and you might think that that would mean I get faster appointments. I do not. Sadly you do not may be because lower life expectancy -> lower return on treatment "investment".
• 0xffff2 7mo ago
  As usual when people say "the US", we're papering over the fact that the United States is really 50 countries in a trench coat.
  • chrisjj 7mo ago
    > the United States is really 50 countries in a trench coat. Appropriate attire... when you're in a trench :)