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OP, if you're still reading: You need to read this, from today's Guardian newspaper (a UK paper). A doctor talks about the insane situation of having to drive a patient from the doctor's office to the emergency room because an ambulance would have taken at least an HOUR to arrive at the office:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/24/terrifying-gp-dash-a-and-e-ambulance-delays-nhs-waiting

Also try this one though it's a bigger-picture story. Ambulance workers are striking in the UK. Yes, going on strike, as in, you can call but no one will come, some days. Or won't come for hours.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2022/dec/21/nhs-ambulance-workers-strike-england-wales-latest-news-updates?page=with:block-63a2d75d8f083d29b407d175

All my family is in the UK and my spouse is from the UK. I love it there. Socialized medicine has helped our family tremendously over the years and thanks to the NHS and socialized medicine, my beloved in-laws got huge amounts of medical care and medications (for ongoing issues over many years, like insulin for diabetes and meds for chronic conditions) for FREE. But I also know the British system has massive waits for anything that is not urgent, like hip replacement surgery etc. Or your sleep study, OP.

Do not fool yourself into believing things are perfect in other countries. I despise the American system of health insurance tied to employment and costing vast sums for the insured. I still think other systems do provide care that does not put people into poverty. But I also warn you that other systems  have other issues, like delays that cost lives. Not just ambulance delays, either, OP. [/quote]

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