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Re:The Other Half by eatbitseveryday on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @01:49PM (#13766903)
That's the sad shit the US is in. I am sorry :(
Re:The Other Half by ptaipale on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @04:23PM (#13768552)
On the other hand, here at the great socialist Nordics, if I go to the public health care and say I want a check-up, they'll laugh me out. I won't even meet a doctor.

And I guess they are right. They say our public health care system is excellent.

Re:The Other Half by eon1 on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @05:29PM (#13769183)
Doing a check up on an apparently healthy person would be wasting time and money looking for something to be wrong. That seems right to me..
Re:The Other Half by komali2 on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @07:10PM (#13770077)
What if you went in saying you had chest pain? And what do you do for annual checkups?
Re:The Other Half by ptaipale on Thursday March 02, 2017 @12:35AM (#13771705)
If I say I have chest pain, a nurse will assess me and decide if I need to see a doctor. Overall, real, acute emergencies are taken care of quite well.

I don't do annual checkups. They say such checkups are not needed. My employer paid for one at a private doctor when I turned 50. I've heard that if we were more like Canada, that would be illegal.