• BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk
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    3 hours ago

    What in the everloving fuck. I had some kinda specific symptoms one weekend, I called the doc on Monday, he said come in this afternoon (must’ve been a bit worried, getting an appointment normally takes longer, I don’t want to misrepresent this).

    I went in, we had a chat, he said come back tomorrow for a blood test. I dutifully went in for the test and went home. 8PM that night I got a call from an out of hours doctor, they said get yourself to A&E (emergency room). More bloods taken, I was triaged and admitted (which took about 36hrs - was a heavy time, I wasn’t super urgent).

    Spent the next 5 weeks in hospital, I now have a life long condition which necessitates a lot of pills that I’ve been taking for a few years now.

    Total out of pocket cost £0.

    People still try to claim the US system is superior.