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Old 07-20-2009, 06:35 AM  
Jakke PNG
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Originally Posted by WiredGuy View Post
System itself is great, the only problem is the wait times.
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I doubt there's waitingtimes for 'emergencies'.
My aunt was diagnozed with lungcancer 1st of april 2008, she had her surgery on the 15th to have 1/4 of her lungs removed. By May 1st her ordeal was over and she's now fully recovered.

IF you have something non-serious, but which hinders your life..like a busted knee or something else that's not life-threatening if not immediately treated, then the waitingtimes can be several months and can be a serious pain in the ass (this is here in Finland).

..but then again, I don't know any horror stories where a family has to sell everything to pay their 100's of thousands of medical bills when the insurancecompany fucks them over etc.

..also nobody's forcing you to use the public/free healthcare system. You want to get your surgery next week? Go to a private clinic as you would do now, that's what I did.
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