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Hey, Canadians. How's your healthcare? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by silentslinky@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hello, Canadians of Lemmy! Down in the USA there is a lot of conflicting information regarding the efficacy of y'alls healthcare systems. Without revealing my personal bias, I was hoping for some anecdotes or summaries from those whom actually live there.

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[–] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Competence porn" is the satisfaction of seeing skilled people carrying out difficult tasks with great aptitude. I'd say it's especially satisfying when it's a group of people collaborating well. When stakes are high, that's what I typically see the Swedish healthcare doing. And in the end, the patient fee for all of this is $30.

It happened to me once when I came in with a heart problem. Within a couple of hours I had met with specialists, performing EKG at rest and under exertion, multiple other tests, blood samples, and been given a long-term EKG to carry with me for a day. And all I paid was $20 (the standard fee was less then, they've raised it to $30 now).

Once they figured out that it wasn't an emergency, they put me back in the regular low-priority group and it took a six months before they eventually gave me some medication. I've since realized on my own that they made the wrong call with the meds - they gave me beta blockers but what I really need is magnesium and vitamin D.