As an American I’m curious what it’s like if you need to go to the doctor and how much you pay from say a broken arm to general checkup. Also list what country please

  • daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    11·
    19 hours ago

    Spain. It’s free, as expected.

    But quality have gone really down in the latest decade. To the point that I don’t actually feel really protected by it anymore.

    Waiting lists are getting ridiculously long.

    For a regular doctor you go to get a note for not working a few days can take a week or more to even see them. A specialist could easily take a year to see.

    For this reason even we have free healthcare, more and more people is paying private healthcare on the side.

    • VitoRobles@lemmy.todayEnglish
      2·
      17 hours ago

      A week? That’s fast in America.

      The quickest I was able to be seen because of a major health scare was two weeks. When I hurt myself and needed physical therapy, the staff said with a straight face “Lets get you in as the first week is important for recovery. How is [date six weeks in advance]?”

      • daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        2·
        16 hours ago

        One week for the primare care first appointment. The one that unless you have something very harmless wont be able to do anything for you anyway but refer to a specialist.

        Physical therapy is one of the experts that could easily take 6 months to see.

        One week is A LOT for health issues. It used to be that you could go in the same day, or the day after. But things have been going downhill for a while.