I was at the hospital today, and I have thoughts.
I love how Americans are all brainwashed with stupid shit like "sOcIALiZEd mEdiCiNE is THE WOrSt becaUSE You haVE tO wAIT sO long FOR aN APpoinTMeNt!"
And then the doctor tells me "You need to have this done so we can have an idea what we're dealing with. Here's the number you call for an appointment." And then... "The soonest appointment is the second week of October." So I'm like "Um... pretty sure my doctor is needing this to see what's wrong with me, is there any way to get me in sooner?" And the answer is... "Not unless you're admitted to the ER. October is only available because there's a cancelation. Usually this would be into December."
It's sad that most 'Muricans are such stupid fucks that they believe politicians when they talk shit about Medicare for All, because most of them are too fucking ignorant to understand that the politicians are bought and paid for by the insurance companies to say that.
And all I can do is think "Well... that's how our political system works, and people don't seem to give a shit about fixing it, so... here we are." And it's even true here in Washington State where our politicians are as fucking deep in payola as any of them.
But in a Blue way!
Jesus. I don't know what it's going to take before Americans get sick of paying the highest possible price for our shitty fucking health care, but this is who we are, thanks to the powerful insurance lobby.
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I get my health care from the VA so it’s pretty much “socialized medicine”, or at least a US version of it. The costs weren’t terrible and I had insurance. The worst part was the billing though. I didn’t get billed for the first two years and then I had my taxes garnished for like $300, but they actually only paid like $100 towards my VA bill. I had to get that sorted and wasn’t too easy to stay on top of because I might not see account activity for months after a visit.
I was just talking about this. Made a couple appointments recently and they’re months out. One late
September (appt made last month) and the other late October. And I remember people saying well with socialized medicine you have to wait 3 months to see a doctor. Well so do we, apparently. Absolutely nuts with all the money we pay for medical.