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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sure. You won't specify the diagnosis so an actual comparison can be done here, though? [/quote]

I'll give one but not the other (coincidence of two uncommon and unrelated illnesses being too telling) Spondyloarthritis.  Four years and scores of doctors to diagnose.  A painful disorder especially in initial stages.  We were told repeatedly the pain was all in the child's head--obviously easier than trying to figure out a cause.[/quote]

I am really sorry you and your child are dealing with this. It is a painful and debilitating disorder --as you well know! -- and early diagnosis makes a difference in long-term effects.

That being said, the average time from symptoms onset to diagnosis is longer in the US than in the European Union.  The average in the US was 13 years and for the EU it was 8-11 years, as of about a decade ago. In more recent years, the US is somewhere in the 6-10 year range, and the average for the EU is right at about 7 years for the most recent data. That does not convince me that the US system is doing a better job for kids with AS than the EU.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00296-002-0237-4
https://acrabstracts.org/abstract/prevalence-of-axial-spondyloarthritis-in-the-united-states-among-patients-with-chronic-back-pain-and-other-spondyloarthritis-related-features/
https://www.usa.thisaslife.com/symptoms/ankylosing-spondylitis-patient-journey/[/quote]

With a huge amount of persistence on my part I was able to bring this down to four years for my child because I was able to pursue alternative diagnoses among various medical providers under my insurance.  With Medicare for All I question if this would be possible.

I recognize that Medicare for All likely would do a better job at controlling large disease problems like diabetes for the population as a whole.  But I fear it would come at the cost of leaving children like mine on the cutting room floor for the greater good.[/quote]

Under many people's insurance, provider shopping is not a covered option. If all physicians are providers under universal coverage, everyone can go to anyone who has time to see them. [/quote]

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