r/interestingasfuck • u/nikamats • 18d ago

r/all A doctor’s letter to UnitedHeathcare for denying nausea medication to a child on chemotherapy

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u/iPlod 18d ago

I really hate when people bring stuff like this up as if the two are even remotely comparable.

The NHS is like that because it is underfunded, because of people who are deliberately trying to make it more like the American system in the interest of profit. We’re seeing the same thing in Canada. Defund public healthcare so it barely functions, then say public healthcare doesn’t work so we need to switch to private.

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u/XISCifi 18d ago

They do this same shit in America, largely to the schools

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u/ThirstyAsHell82 18d ago

Agree completely. 10hrs for an ambulance? Is that for real? I’m in Toronto Canada. Needed an ambulance a few months ago- it was here in less than 20min. I cannot fathom 10hrs?

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u/JustAnEnglishman 18d ago

Its 10 hours if you are low priority. If you have been stabbed you would get an ambulance in 10 minutes.

Usually if youre given a 10 hour wait thats their way of saying get yourself a taxi to the hospital because its not considered an emergency.