The article says “as much as a year for a routine physical exam in parts of Western Massachusetts.” I live in New Zealand. I have heard of that and worse happeneing here, i.e., up to 18 months.
This proves that implementing such at the national level is much worse than doing so at the state level (or regional level as is the closest equivalent in NZ) even in a country that is smaller than many states in USA.
Many here refer to our health system as a “die-while-you-wait” system rather than a health system, and for many people this has proven to be accurate.
That is just with a small country like NZ with just 4.3 million people. Imagine doing that with a much larger country with over 300 million people. Things would be a lot worse than doing it with NZ.
And this horrible system is what I might have to rely upon soon as I suspect I may have to go get my head checked due to a head injury I received.
