Thanks David. I am from the United States and what you have presented sounds like a more organized, caring, and definitely financially "doable" system. Things in the health system in American have become so bureaucratic and corporate money driven that care has suffered greatly. Dentistry is definitely unaffordable and I travel to Mexico for that. We have medicare and it costs $200 per month for 80% of medical costs. The 20% which can go into the thousands of dollars is up to the patient to pay. One can get supplementary insurance to cover the 20% but that may cost close to $300 dollars a month. Often prescriptions are out of pocket. I recently attempted to acquire an appointment with a neurologist. The average wait time is 3-4 months. It doesn't matter what the issue may be, unless of course one is hospitalized. The system is in great need of an overhaul. Health care was never meant to be a profitable enterprise. Thanks for listening to my rant.
Thanks David. I am from the United States and what you have presented sounds like a more organized, caring, and definitely financially "doable" system. Things in the health system in American have become so bureaucratic and corporate money driven that care has suffered greatly. Dentistry is definitely unaffordable and I travel to Mexico for that. We have medicare and it costs $200 per month for 80% of medical costs. The 20% which can go into the thousands of dollars is up to the patient to pay. One can get supplementary insurance to cover the 20% but that may cost close to $300 dollars a month. Often prescriptions are out of pocket. I recently attempted to acquire an appointment with a neurologist. The average wait time is 3-4 months. It doesn't matter what the issue may be, unless of course one is hospitalized. The system is in great need of an overhaul. Health care was never meant to be a profitable enterprise. Thanks for listening to my rant.