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Re:U.S. health is lousy compared with peer nations, report says by scarmig on Thursday January 10, 2013 @01:37PM (#5038810)
My US-based dad recently had to wait a month for a knee replacement surgery.

And, of course, for people who can't afford the inflated prices we've got here... the waiting time is infinite.

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Re:U.S. health is lousy compared with peer nations, report says by rm999 on Thursday January 10, 2013 @01:54PM (#5038938)
A surgery can involve a lot of resources, they tend to have long wait times. For comparison, this article from 2007 says the average wait for a surgery in canada is 4.5 months: http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2007/10/15/waittimes-fra...
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