When I call for a doctors appointment, they do not say" c’mon down’. I get an appointment in about 3 or 4 weeks. That is a waiting period. Try and get an appointment with a specialist. They have a person working for them who has to remind you it is coming because you have to wait so long for it. I waited about 4 or 5 months to see a dermatologist.
If you go to emergency, it is a long boring night of waiting and waiting.
In Canada and many other countries, nobody declares bankruptcy because of health care. It is a factor in 62 percent of our bankruptcies and most of them supposedly had insurance. We have a totally fucked up medical system.
A profit driven system will result in denied coverage. It is about money after all. It also makes the system worse. Our medical care is way down the list of the World Heath Org, ratings. We get bad medicine for extremely high prices .
If money is no problem. it is possible to get top flight cutting edge health care. But not for you. You get the least care insurance companies can get away with providing.