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[–] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

That is valuable context for sure, but the data doesn't illustrate wait times.

I'm from Canada which appears to have a similar ratio to Mexico (I don't consider our basic healthcare a "shallow gesture")

Wait times are long here, but twice as many doctors & hospitals would make the wait times only half as long, which would still be counted in years in some cases. So I don't believe that any country has "enough" or enough to make the wait times negligible, which is probably an unrealistic goal.

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[–] Talentlesssculptor@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

No you don't. You have three times as many nurses per 10k and more than 10% as many doctors per 10k.

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[–] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

I didn't find the nurses figures on the link. Within 10% is similar for doctors, but 300% of the nurses is a big difference for sure.

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[–] sakuraba@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

it's a shallow gesture here because wait times are longer than reported, if you are lucky enough attended in time, and even then you will probably have to pay for every medicine and if you need surgery you will have to pay for any materials used too

hope that clears the sentiment we have in Mexico regarding our public healthcare

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[–] Miaou@jlai.lu -1 points 2 months ago*

One probably needs to look at the demography as well. Half of Germany's healthcare workforce is probably busy explaining retirees not to drink beer to swallow up their pills at any given time

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[+] wpb@lemmy.world -13 points 2 months ago (6 children)

America does. They just suffer from capitalism.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (4 children)

No we just don’t get medical care if there’s any way to avoid it. If it was free we’d have a doctor shortage instantly.

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[–] Dhs92@piefed.social 18 points 2 months ago

We already have a doctor shortage in a lot of places in the US, even without single payer healthcare :/

Part of it is due to private equity destroying private practice and buying up healthcare providers

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[+] wpb@lemmy.world -6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Why isn't it free?

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[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago (1 child)

You're being deliberately obtuse. You smarmily answered your own question in your previous drivel comment.

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[–] wpb@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago*

Why do you think it's not free? I've got my answer, it's capitalism. Why isn't it free according to you?

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[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

We pay out the ass and still have to schedule a surgery 4 months out or just argue with insurance denials for cancer treatment until we die first. Show up to an ER with something that won't immediately kill you and be prepared to wait for 5 hours so a doctor can see you for literally 5 minutes. Nursing homes will bill you $4,000 a month to share a room while you wait to dies, with staff going down to like 2 people for 60 people after 7pm.

The only ones there's enough doctors for are the wealthy. Everywhere else your screwed, and also get billed into permanent debt. It's like $15,000 just to have a baby. Heart attack will run you six figures .