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And it continues.
"How dare they criticize our great country"... is this what you are trying to say? Or do you think I should be grateful that I get any kind of health care at all, despite paying thousands of dollars every year?
I'd genuinely like to know... what exactly is the point you are trying to make?
That there's an interesting trend of hyperfixating on the US in threads like this about problems that apply much more broadly across the globe.
You may not have realised but I wager the dominant majority of Lemmy's userbase is American. So the dominant discussion will be focused on America.
I agree with you, it is not limited to America. But all any of us can really offer here is an anecdote.
Anecdotally I watched my partner go through this is in Australia for PCOS. Many doctors seem to be unable to reconcile that they don't know literally everything.
Sorry to hear about your partner. I hope they're doing better.