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Diamond_Dog

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1. That's terrible!

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 09:17 AM

Apr 7

And right wingers will tell you we have the best healthcare in the world and that in European countries you have to wait for months to be seen by a doctor. How is your experience any better? And, in many cases in America, you’re so limited as to where you can go, or who will accept your insurance, you’re stuck in the same crappy medical office.

Your last line says it all.

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New, improved medical care. So I go to my bi-an checkup. This time the office has three empty staff chairs. [View all] 3Hotdogs Apr 7 OP

That's terrible! Diamond_Dog Apr 7 #1

I agree with you. It's horrible. Money has become the priority not patient care. 😡 TommieMommy Apr 7 #2

Typically, they take you from the waiting room to an exam room. Intractable Apr 7 #3

Sheesh! I'm only a Physician Assistant, so I guess I don't have the luxury doctors do of ignoring their patients. Aristus Apr 7 #4

My stepdaughter is a nurse-pract. The office where she worked for 15 years was bought out by the second largest 3Hotdogs Apr 7 #5