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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]just called a dc hospital to get a dermatology appt for suspicious mole and told january is next available[/quote]

Wow, you have time to get skin cancer. Sounds like the UK's national health system: my mother called for a lump in her breast, and she was given an appointment 3 months from her call date. Thank goodness it turned out to be benign.

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But, she can choose to go private, which is still cheaper than here with some of the types of insurance we have.

My ILs are in the UK.  They use NHS mostly, but for some things that they don't want to wait for, they pay for private.  I told them how much my u/s was when I was pregnant, and my IL was floored. They worked for the NHS, and said even private, it would've cost a fraction of what I paid.

One of my ILs had breast cancer, all treated for free by the NHS. They also  have other health issues.

When my sister was diagnosed with breast cancer, they told her she'd have to wait six weeks for the surgery even though they knew it was malignant.  I told my sister to call the hospital back, and to firmly state that this was unacceptable.

I think a lot of people who live in the DC area with good insurance live in a bubble. Most Americans have to deal with crap healthcare and long wait times.  I mean, rural people are losing their hospitals, thanks to Rs, even though those rural people blame the hospitals rather than the Rs, where the blame really lives (they are true MAGA cultists).[/quote]

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