• bthest@lemmy.world
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    Americans enjoy the shortest wait times when they go the ER to find out they have stage 4 colon cancer.

    From diagnosis to the grave is on average only a few months! 🇺🇸

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      And while they’re there they let the adrenaline surge of the realization they just got fed feet first into the meat grinder of American healthcare by using the ER as primary care make them punch a nurse in the face. I say this as someone who’s made a career out of talking them out of that.

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      it depends on which hospital, which insurance, or provider you are using, it varies widely. it can be 1 week to months. also the faster wait time, is likely the more expensive one too.