Exactly. The wait time argument is thoroughly ********. I am FINALLY getting an MRI this Friday. At 2 in the afternoon. Because they moved my original appointment for early November THREE TIMES. And I have been working on getting this MRI for no less than a full year now. So now I get to postpone my trip to Utah for the holidays by 2 days to get this needed MRI so we take advantage of the fact that my wife's surgery met our deductible this year so I only have to pay $750 out of pocket instead of the full $3000 if we waited until January. And then we get to fight california traffic from Baker to the Nevada state line, the worst stretch in the entire trip, and now at the worst possible time after 4 pm on a Friday. **** me sideways, and mother**** the medical system here. Utterly ridiculous. And when we were in Germany, my wife's dr saw her on a Tuesday, determined she needed an MRI, and had it scheduled for that Friday. No muss, no fuss. Cost us something like a whopping $120. And then actually found something useful that can be treated, where American medicine for 25 years just told her she was too fat.
But this is the capitalist system. We will only do what makes the most money for the fewest people. And trickle something something. And hey, people who don't have overpriced and underpaying insurance can just go stiff the ER. Good thing the government allowed those kinds of missed payments to also destroy people's credit. Last thing we want is someone with health issues they cannot afford doing anything ridiculous like buying a car to get to work or, heaven forbid, buying a house, amirite? So much ****ing ******** in that. But everyone in a decision-making capacity in government has big businesses dick rammed so far up their asses they are basically marionettes. Nothing will change.
edit: sorry I will stop ranting. I can go on and on about this. This is one of, if not the worst things, about American, because it is so heavily skewed against lower income people, yet negatively impacts all but the 1%, maybe all but the 10%, and even in that still has strong biases against POC/minorities. Completely shameful.
On second thought, rampant white supremacy is probably the worst thing. This is a damn close 2nd.