Twitter Thread About Icelandic Healthcare Makes American Healthcare Look Completely Moronic

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Meeeeesh
Jun 11, 2019 4:00 PM EDT

Let's be honest here, regardless of how you feel about the American healthcare system, we can probably all agree that it doesn't exactly have the best reputation with the rest of the world. This woman's Twitter story about her experience with Iceland's healthcare system illustrates that perfectly.

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    Text - Mary Robinette Kowal @MaryRobinette When I lived in Iceland, I found a lump. I had no idea how to navigate finding а doctor, so I went to our show's production manager. Me: I found a lump. Can you help me find a doctor? PM: Just go to the cancer center. Me: Okay. How do a get a referral? PM: What's a referral? 7:09 PM 6/3/19 Twitter Web App
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    Text - Mary Robinette Kowal@Mary... 3h Replying to @MaryRobinette After I explain what a referral is, he looks baffled PM: Just go to the cancer center. Me: But...referral? He shrugs and hands me the phone number to the cancer center. I call and explain CC: A lump, ah yes. You should come in. Me: Don't I need a referral? CC: A what? 234 6 2,984
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    Text - Mary Robinette Kowal@Mary... .3h Having accepted that I don't need referral, I say, "How do I make an appointment?" CC: An appointment? Yes, we can do that if your schedule is very busy, otherwise just come in Me: I don't need an appointment? CC: You found a lump! You know your body, yes? Come in. t231 8 3,296
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    Text - Mary Robinette Kowal So I go. The nurse checking me in apologizes because, since I'm not Icelandic, I'll have to pay for the visit. @Mary... 3h It's 3 krónur. That's 3 dollars at that point. pay and sit down to wait. CC: Kowal? Me: Already? CC: You found a lump. 3,243 t1225
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    Text - Mary Robinette Kowal She escorts me into an examining room and palpates the area. @Mary... 3h CC: Yes, that does feel like a lump. Let's do a mammogram. I prepare to hear about making an appointment for that. CC: I'm sorry, but it's across the hall. Do you mind following me? 2,736 t196 2
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    Text - Mary Robinette Kowal I've been in the building for about twenty minutes at this point when I'm strapped into the mammogram -- WHICH HAD WARMERS - and she does her thing. @Mary... . 3h CC: There is something there, you are right. I want to see it with an ultrasound. And then she leads me next door. 195 2,930
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    Text - Mary Robinette Kowal @Mary... 3h She does the ultrasound and when we're finished, she tells me to get dressed and to meet her in the waiting room. I head out to the changing room, put my top back on, and walk out to the waiting room. I sit down to wait. CC: Kowal? Me: Already? CC: It is only cyst 11.179 2,762
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    Text - Mary Robinette Kowal Forty-five minutes after walking into the Icelandic Cancer Center and 3 krónur @Mary... 3h poorer, I had the answer. In the US, a similar lump took two weeks and three different office visits. I think about this every time I have to fight with medical insurance in the US. L1966 54 7,644
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    Text - Mary Robinette Kowal PS for clarity, I used my surname, but I'm pretty sure it was my first name the entire time, because Iceland. @Mary... . 3h PPS Why don't all mammograms have warmers? L234 122 6,000
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    Text - Stuart Ray @soupvector Follow Replying to @MaryRobinette I talked to the men and they said that you don't need warmers. 2:52 AM -5 Jun 2019
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