Literally way harder than any other country I've lived in. Nobody is taking new patients
It doesn't make sense because I thought everybody here tries to not go to the doctors as much as possible because of the costs
USA literally has a higher doctor per capita than all the other countries I've lived in too
What gives?
I agree that checkups as they are now are a waste of time, but I'd say that's mostly because the people who can afford to do it routinely don't need it, and the ones who need it can't afford it. I know people who thought certain parts of their body were healthy for years, only to realize that it was a chronic illness or injury that could've been treated or reversed without much trauma.
I think a free annual check up (since we can't have something good like healthcare for all) would undo a lot of the damage done by the current healthcare system.