Ontopic Health Thread: post your AIDS, diseases and infekshunz here.

[ZRH]

Yep, he said he got it about a decade ago after some weird autoimmune issue fucked his original liver up. Even told me he had gotten some dates due to the "cool scar"

Sucks you're in such a bad spot and the system is failing you so hard. It's pretty shit how we treat people that aren't 100% in this country.

I got my food stamps $18

I can't complain about the medical treatment. Medstar, University of Maryland, Johns hopkins, all stellar. I'm getting world class care.

It's just all the side stuff. Like renting an apartment and still losing it through no fault of your own. I don't have to work but I spend solid 40 hours a week on homeless crap, getting the right prescriptions (your meds get so fucked when you have new rounds of treatment once a month), then all the normal stuff like eating is a struggle. Meh

 

[Valve1138]

Get a fucking long term hotel room with a kitchen.

 

[ZRH]

Get a fucking long term hotel room with a kitchen.

That's where I stayed last winter. Im on disability now. I'm not exactly rolling in money.

Like moving to downtown Baltimore wasn't my first choice at least I've got more street cred than anyone else here now.

 

[Mr. Argumentor]

at least I've got more street cred than anyone else here now.

 

[ZRH]

Hey I'm out here on the mean streets of johns hopkins

 

[Peppers]

@tre @gee @Petunia can you explain how your "free" healthcare works up there? Someone I know in Quebec has been in really bad shape since getting covid 2 years ago. Yesterday he said he was informed he would be losing his health insurance at the end of December I said how is that possible? I thought you guys had free health care up there through your government? He said he's paid for private insurance for years. He applied for the free health care over 4 years ago and he's still waiting for it because he keeps being told they don't have any doctors available to see him? What?? How is that possible?? He lives in Montreal, not out in the sticks somewhere? How can there not be a doctor available to him? And you're not born into this or automatically get free health care when you become a Canadian citizen? You have to apply for it?

 

[fly]

Hey I'm out here on the mean streets of johns hopkins

Beautiful area.

 

[tre]

@tre @gee @Petunia can you explain how your "free" healthcare works up there? Someone I know in Quebec has been in really bad shape since getting covid 2 years ago. Yesterday he said he was informed he would be losing his health insurance at the end of December I said how is that possible? I thought you guys had free health care up there through your government? He said he's paid for private insurance for years. He applied for the free health care over 4 years ago and he's still waiting for it because he keeps being told they don't have any doctors available to see him? What?? How is that possible?? He lives in Montreal, not out in the sticks somewhere? How can there not be a doctor available to him? And you're not born into this or automatically get free health care when you become a Canadian citizen? You have to apply for it?

Our “free” healthcare doesn’t cover everything. Prescriptions, dental and a whole bunch of stuff gets covered by private health care plans or paid out of pocket. There is also a shortage of family doctors everywhere, so people tend to go to the emergency room for non-emergency things, which clogs that up and people complain about ER wait times (because they are triaged by priority). Or they go to walk in clinics, which don’t have patient histories or ongoing treatment plans

 

[Petunia]

@tre @gee @Petunia can you explain how your "free" healthcare works up there? Someone I know in Quebec has been in really bad shape since getting covid 2 years ago. Yesterday he said he was informed he would be losing his health insurance at the end of December I said how is that possible? I thought you guys had free health care up there through your government? He said he's paid for private insurance for years. He applied for the free health care over 4 years ago and he's still waiting for it because he keeps being told they don't have any doctors available to see him? What?? How is that possible?? He lives in Montreal, not out in the sticks somewhere? How can there not be a doctor available to him? And you're not born into this or automatically get free health care when you become a Canadian citizen? You have to apply for it?

applied for it? sounds like he’s not a citizen.

also nothing is technically free anywhere. we pay super high taxes and the government controls absolutely everything her.

what isn’t covered is prescription medicine (unless you’re under the age of 18) no dental and no vision care (just a free visit every 24 months) and some other shit


i feel the info he has give you is either wrong or maybe you’re confused

you don’t apply for free healthcare and wait for a doctor

you have universal coverage and you go to a doctor AS LONG AS THEY ARE TAKING NEW PATIENTS which is true major issue here

if your friend needs medical attention then they can go to a walk in clinic or hospital with their provincial medical card and ID

i think ask your friend for better details cuz their story seems off

 

[fly]

you have universal coverage and you go to a doctor AS LONG AS THEY ARE TAKING NEW PATIENTS

Sounds like that is possibly the issue. Is a four year wait normal?

 

[tre]

Sounds like that is possibly the issue. Is a four year wait normal?

Quebec is probably the worst province for family doctors as they are literally required to speak French

 

[Petunia]

Sounds like that is possibly the issue. Is a four year wait normal?

i don’t know about that number ..
like many people just go to a walk in clinic to seek medical attention if it’s something that can be seen treated and be done with
for ongoing care… they send you to different specialists for different conditions


so they make it really hard for people to get accepted to medical school here
no wonder everyone studies abroad cuz it’s a shit show

it’s certainly not perfect
but i can walk into any hospital in my province and receive immediate care and walk out without paying a thing

there are things that’s aren’t covered like vasectomies lol

 

[Petunia]

EXAMPLE

i had a lovely UTI last month
my doctor was a 1 month wait so i went to a walk in clinic for my test and Rx.

my doctor gets all the results and paperwork

but then i got sick and had to go to the hospital and was seen and treated
then i went to see my dr for that particular issue since it was a bit more serious

she has scheduled a bunch of tests

 

[fly]

This is not an attempt to pick on your clearly better system...

Do people worry about moving to new cities and having to wait to get a new doctor there?

 

[Peppers]

Our “free” healthcare doesn’t cover everything. Prescriptions, dental and a whole bunch of stuff gets covered by private health care plans or paid out of pocket. There is also a shortage of family doctors everywhere, so people tend to go to the emergency room for non-emergency things, which clogs that up and people complain about ER wait times (because they are triaged by priority). Or they go to walk in clinics, which don’t have patient histories or ongoing treatment plans

applied for it? sounds like he’s not a citizen.

also nothing is technically free anywhere. we pay super high taxes and the government controls absolutely everything her.

what isn’t covered is prescription medicine (unless you’re under the age of 18) no dental and no vision care (just a free visit every 24 months) and some other shit


i feel the info he has give you is either wrong or maybe you’re confused

you don’t apply for free healthcare and wait for a doctor

you have universal coverage and you go to a doctor AS LONG AS THEY ARE TAKING NEW PATIENTS which is true major issue here

if your friend needs medical attention then they can go to a walk in clinic or hospital with their provincial medical card and ID

i think ask your friend for better details cuz their story seems off

Quebec is probably the worst province for family doctors as they are literally required to speak French

i don’t know about that number ..
like many people just go to a walk in clinic to seek medical attention if it’s something that can be seen treated and be done with
for ongoing care… they send you to different specialists for different conditions


so they make it really hard for people to get accepted to medical school here
no wonder everyone studies abroad cuz it’s a shit show

it’s certainly not perfect
but i can walk into any hospital in my province and receive immediate care and walk out without paying a thing

there are things that’s aren’t covered like vasectomies lol

So I went back and read the conversation. I was wrong about the applying for health care thing. He said he signed up for a doctor 4 years ago. He's still waiting to be assigned to one. None in his area are accepting new patients. He said he can walk into an ER anytime he wants but the wait times are at least 24 hours. He said throughout his life the free medical care thing has been great when you don't have serious medical issues but the last two years for him now that he has serious health ailments have been a nightmare.

 

[tre]

So I went back and read the conversation. I was wrong about the applying for health care thing. He said he signed up for a doctor 4 years ago. He's still waiting to be assigned to one. None in his area are accepting new patients. He said he can walk into an ER anytime he wants but the wait times are at least 24 hours. He said throughout his life the free medical care thing has been great when you don't have serious medical issues but the last two years for him now that he has serious health ailments have been a nightmare.

It definitely sucks if you have an ongoing condition and don’t have a doctor. And 24 hour waits at the ER are for non-emergency things. Obviously if you’re bleeding out, you’re not waiting.

 

[fly]

Also, are doctors not paid well enough up there? Sometimes you need capitalism to fill the holes in socialism.

 

[Petunia]

So I went back and read the conversation. I was wrong about the applying for health care thing. He said he signed up for a doctor 4 years ago. He's still waiting to be assigned to one. None in his area are accepting new patients. He said he can walk into an ER anytime he wants but the wait times are at least 24 hours. He said throughout his life the free medical care thing has been great when you don't have serious medical issues but the last two years for him now that he has serious health ailments have been a nightmare.

the most i’ve waited to see a doctor in the Toronto (the biggest city in canada) has been 13 hrs

never 24 hrs

 

[Peppers]

the most i’ve waited to see a doctor in the Toronto (the biggest city in canada) has been 13 hrs

never 24 hrs

Yeah, it's probably because of what @tre said. Quebec has a huge doctor shortage because they have to be bilingual.

 

[tre]

Yeah, it's probably because of what @tre said. Quebec has a huge doctor shortage because they have to be bilingual.

I live right on the border of Quebec and those fuckers come over here to our hospitals and it gets billed back to their health care system