I wonder why in some countries with "free" healthcare people (from what I have read about Canada..just in some areas I guess?) have to wait for hours to see a doctor, and here in Austria this works just fine. You walk into an ER and get examined. And the waiting lists for family doctors or specialty doctors aren´t long either. If I had an issue that´s an emergency, I could get an appointment with (for example) my gynaecologist the very same day...or just walk into the gynaecology ER.
Nobody who´s in pain has to sit in the waiting room for hours. That´s wrong on so many levels and even if you can´t do anything about it as a citizen, I would find that VERY hard to just deal with. I would probably go ballistic and start screaming until a doc examines me. lol
Also I don´t understand how people can say it´s ok not to have "free" healthcare and only pay for doctor´s bills whenever it´s absolutely necessary to see a doctor. I´d be scared of the "what if"-situations. You can always get in an accident and whatnot, and I don´t even wanna imagine how much $ it would cost to be hospitalized for weeks at a time.
Also think about people with chronic illnesses...who knows at one point any one of us could develop an illness that requires frequent visits to doctors and prescriptions.
I can go see a doctor here if I have bruised my knee, a minor cold, back pain-whatever. There are no long waiting lists, and insurance covers almost everything. From a patients point of view, our health system is perfect (although the government will disagree of course cause it costs them a lot of money!)
Nobody who´s in pain has to sit in the waiting room for hours. That´s wrong on so many levels and even if you can´t do anything about it as a citizen, I would find that VERY hard to just deal with. I would probably go ballistic and start screaming until a doc examines me. lol
Also I don´t understand how people can say it´s ok not to have "free" healthcare and only pay for doctor´s bills whenever it´s absolutely necessary to see a doctor. I´d be scared of the "what if"-situations. You can always get in an accident and whatnot, and I don´t even wanna imagine how much $ it would cost to be hospitalized for weeks at a time.
Also think about people with chronic illnesses...who knows at one point any one of us could develop an illness that requires frequent visits to doctors and prescriptions.
I can go see a doctor here if I have bruised my knee, a minor cold, back pain-whatever. There are no long waiting lists, and insurance covers almost everything. From a patients point of view, our health system is perfect (although the government will disagree of course cause it costs them a lot of money!)