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Originally Posted by Vexx
The US has queues and prioritization as well... only difference is its run by for-profit unelected corporates who get bonuses for denying, reducing, or deferring treatment.
Also, the UK/France queues are prioritized by urgency (as are Canada and the US). Its called triage and all healthcare systems do it.
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So, in other words, if you ain't economically important, and even you are at like red-level triage (a number of Japanese hospitals use color code triage), you ain't getting no treatment in the US? For UK, it's mainly a case of doctors stretching visitation timing so that they can charge the higher rate for long consultations, which is about the only factor.
That's why I advocate a tiered say system based on seniority and department, rather than pay-per-job. When I was in the US, I used the services of that hospital (almost solely!) because service standards were way better.
I think it was in the New York Times some time ago.