That would make sense if your GP or specialist was also taking shifts in the ER, but they aren’t. They aren’t choosing between your hip replacement and the lawn dart embedded in a college kid’s spleen.
Your hip replacement is in line behind 274 other hip replacements. It is performed by a doctor who does nothing but routine surgeries, day in, and day out, and never touches an emergent patient.
Private clinics exist and have shorter lines for those willing to pay. The government could admit their own line is too long and start paying those clinics to take their overflow. But they dont. Better to let you rot for three years than pay a private practice doctor to do it in a week.
That would make sense if your GP or specialist was also taking shifts in the ER, but they aren’t. They aren’t choosing between your hip replacement and the lawn dart embedded in a college kid’s spleen.
Your hip replacement is in line behind 274 other hip replacements. It is performed by a doctor who does nothing but routine surgeries, day in, and day out, and never touches an emergent patient.
Private clinics exist and have shorter lines for those willing to pay. The government could admit their own line is too long and start paying those clinics to take their overflow. But they dont. Better to let you rot for three years than pay a private practice doctor to do it in a week.