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How long did you wait in hospital, before you actually talked to doctor? Did you actually had MRI the same day?

In UK we had to wait 10 hours in ER before talking to doctors. Only passing out would get us some attention! Getting MRI was impossible in system. We had to pay privately for MRI, as part of building up case to get surgery approved.

And we also pay good money to NHS.

It is not different, that is the point. Theme of this thread is that NHS is somehow better because it "does not have financial incentives"!

Very incorrect. NHS is still an health insurance company that is trying to save money by using their own doctors.

There is a long history (20 years) of people who gave up, did their surgeries in France, and sued NHS for reimbursement. More recent stories are from EU, when NHS was part of unified health system (they should pay for medical procedures done in other EU countries to UK citizens).

Dealing with NHS if you need surgery, is basically full time job. You have to navigate Kafka like administrative labyrinth. Sometimes you have to drive 10 hours, to other side of country, because the only specialist who takes new patients is in Scotland.

NHS is doing everything it can, not to pay! If you have any problems and can do so, save your mental health, and just do medical tourism to Turkey, Malaysia or Thailand!

> The only system that does not suffer from this issue is the NHS (e.g. UK

Is that a joke? With NHS you have to wait to get GP appointments, wait several weeks for examination by specialists, more waiting in waiting list for surgery... The backlog for everything is huge!

In NHS you can literally wait years for non life threatening surgeries.