I’ve worked overseas quite a bit. Mostly in Scandinavia. They pay out the arse in taxes for it, but the claim that socialized medicine isn’t good is wrong. I had to extend a work trip in Denmark for a month, and needed medication, my US doctor couldn’t prescribe it abroad. I asked a Danish friend what to do, she texted her doctor (yes, texted) and the doctor saw me the next day, less than 24 hours later, I showed her my prescription, she wrote out a new one, and by the time I walked across the street to the pharmacy the medication was ready, and I paid $15. This medication would’ve cost me $500 without insurance and I would’ve had to wait at least a day for them to fill it. It was infinitely easier than getting it in the US, and that’s WITH my PCP, health insurance, and citizenship.

I have no interest in paying their 61% income tax, 25% sales tax and 200% car tax, but socialized medicine over there is not the disaster that people paint it out to be.

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Posted by Indefatigable

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Posted on 4/5/24 at 11:12 am to TN Tygah

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but socialized medicine over there is not the disaster that people paint it out to be.

This is highly nation-specific.

The NHS is a clusterfrick.

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Posted by Blizzard of Chizz

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Posted on 4/5/24 at 11:35 am to TN Tygah

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I asked a Danish friend what to do, she texted her doctor (yes, texted) and the doctor saw me the next day, less than 24 hours later, I showed her my prescription, she wrote out a new one, and by the time I walked across the street to the pharmacy the medication was ready, and I paid $15.

I love when people use a small country relative to our own and then ask why we can’t do that here. It’s literally a matter of scale. For starters we are a massive country geographically. Secondly, we have a massive population here. Thirdly, we have a disastrous open border that allows the entire globe to flood our nation and with it our medical resources at virtually zero cost to those here illegally… all of that as a whole makes it impossible to properly fund and manage at any level.. you need to train an army of doctors and nurses which can’t happen due to the current structure and costs of getting into med school… the other issue is the lack of self control by the average citizen leeches who if you start handing out shite for free will flood the system for medical care for no other reason than it’s free.

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Posted by wackatimesthree

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Posted on 4/5/24 at 1:59 pm to TN Tygah

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the claim that socialized medicine isn’t good is wrong.

First of all, your story isn't all that amazing. I've gotten next day appointments and medication the same day right here in the US. Several times.

Second of all, that's one example in one country. It's widely acknowledged that long wait times and difficult access to medication and surgery are common problems with socialized medicine when you look at all of the countries that have it.

Third, people who generalize about something based on one anecdotal experience of their own and declare that a system is "good" based on that sample size of one tend to have small dicks and wear man buns and won't eat Chinese food unless they can do so with chopsticks like they are six year olds at a theme birthday party.

You know. Since we're generalizing and all.

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