>>>When I have an immediate need - like a bad cold- I go to one of the many walk-in places around here that are staffed by salaried nurse practitioners. I'm in and out in no time.
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>Gotta say it: in most of the dreadful socialized healthcare nations out there that pay as little as half as much as the US per capita for healthcare, you get to see a physician with your bad cold.
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>You might not get a same day appointment if everybody else also has a cold, so you can go to a walk in place and be seen same day, again by a physician.
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>So you need to ask why you are paying so much more and not getting commensurately better service.
Easy answer - o that the corporations can make more money??
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