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Originally Posted by Dengler Avenue
Why not?
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Even the Americans have better primary care access than we do.
The quality of care in Canada is also poor. We consider walk in clinic visits as "primary care", but that's absolute trash medicine that's basically the equivalent of throwing a bandage on your bleeding cancer. In the USA, if you have a family doctor you expect to see them for a good 15-20 minutes. Over here, the visits are barely 5 minutes.
I've been on BC's waitlist for a GP for about 6 years now. I got a call that I got one about two years ago. It was going to be an NP, but whatever. They were going to call me to book an appointment. Waited another year until I got an e-mail saying that the NP was too overwhelmed with the practice and decided to quit. Back on the list I go!
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