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Re: Ask HN: How can you buy high quality healthcare?

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Post by DanBC »

mattlondon wrote: post #85
bowsamic wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately private care in the UK may not be so great when the NHS starts to fully break down

I don't think that is imminent. They've been saying it has been on it's knees constantly since the 1990s at least (and probably longer but I personally cannot remember any further back). It got through Covid without collapsing aswell- I don't think it is going away any time soon.

> It got through Covid without collapsing aswell

Where "not collapsing" means tens of thousands of people died preventable deaths and hundreds of thousands of people suffered preventable harm because the NHS wasn't able to provide healthcare in a timely fashion to everyone who needed it.

Where "not collapsing" means people now have ten-hour waits for ambos, or ten hour waits in an ambo outside ED departments.

Where "not collapsing" means massive cuts to the services provided, leaving people mostly without NHS dentistry, with limited access to GP care, with cancelled elective care, etc etc.

Where "not collapsing" means preventable child and mother deaths because of unsafe maternity units.

Watch the news for ambo services this week.

Re: Ask HN: How can you buy high quality healthcare?

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Post by orangepurple »

atlasunshrugged wrote: post #41
orangepurple wrote: post #31

Do not underestimate private clinics in Europe. They saved my life after multiple rounds of doctors in the Washington D.C. area could not prevent me from getting repeated ear infections which led to eventual moderate hearing loss. The clinicians in a central European country took a fundamentally different approach to diagnosing me and resolved my health issue rapidly. I spent years of my life going to a dozen doctors…

How did you figure out where to start in Europe?

Ask on english language forums for expats in your countries of interest

Re: Ask HN: How can you buy high quality healthcare?

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Post by Moto7451 »

ianai wrote: post #92
Moto7451 wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Boosting this comment, you want to talk to someone with a Masters or Doctorate in Kinesiology. Some Physical Therapists will have this or equivalent training. Some other specialists will fit the bill as well but not all. My wife had back pain due to a disfigured vertebrae. That’s something they do not want to operate in until every other option is exhausted. Much of her pain and numbness is caused by imbalanced muscl…

50/50. The problem with going to fitness/sports people is they may get "distracted" with other concerns of theirs and ignore your central complaint. So if that fitness instructor is incredibly informed and clearly taking your priorities straight then, sure, go there. But if they seem to have a chronic case of "jock brain" and seem to be only concerned with your physical appearance then go elsewhere.

These aren’t fitness instructors. The trainer in this medical setting is someone that has you perform exercises to restore mobility rather than for general fitness. There’s certainly a link between the two but that’s not why you go to a hospital to work out.

Kinesiology is the study of how the body moves. While the largest target audience for that is going to be people looking for a standard gym fitness trainer, the higher degrees are wasted on that sort of thing and are better used to restore the range of motion of an elbow after a car accident.

Re: Ask HN: How can you buy high quality healthcare?

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Post by DanBC »

DanBC wrote: post #111
mattlondon wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think that is imminent. They've been saying it has been on it's knees constantly since the 1990s at least (and probably longer but I personally cannot remember any further back). It got through Covid without collapsing aswell- I don't think it is going away any time soon.

> It got through Covid without collapsing aswell Where "not collapsing" means tens of thousands of people died preventable deaths and hundreds of thousands of people suffered preventable harm because the NHS wasn't able to provide healthcare in a timely fashion to everyone who needed it. Where "not collapsing" means people now have ten-hour waits for ambos, or ten hour waits in an ambo outside ED departments. Where "…

What's this if it's not collapse? https://twitter.com/SittonGary/status/1534148868396531712?s=...
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