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A Boring Dystopia
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"But people fly here from other countries for healthcare."
If tele-healthcare was the same as in person then no one would need to go to a doctor, much less fly anywhere
People get travel warnings about american "healthcare".
They do?
Extremely wealthy people do come here for unparalleled healthcare no normal American can afford.
The fact that they fly here for healthcare is often touted by conservatives as evidence of the quality of our healthcare system.
The opposite happens as well, I have a family member with MS that left the U.S. twice for treatments. The first one he flew to Russia to get a stem cell treatment where even though they use the stem cells from his own body, was still considered illegal in the U.S. at the time. (May still be). That slowed/paused his MS and he didn't have any large degredations for 15 years after that. The second time he flew to South America, can't remember where for a different experimental surgery. That was about 5 years ago. All in all it took about 30 years post diagnosis to finally put him in a wheelchair, though I believe he still can stand up for short stints.
MS varies widely. My mother has MS but it was caught extremely early due to a freak accident. She's had very little degradation since diagnosis because it was caught early. No need for experimental treatments.
Trans people all over the US still go to Thailand and similar markets because to literally fly to another country, get bottom surgery, spend the 3-6 month recovery period there, and THEN fly back to the US is STILL cheaper and faster than trying to get it done here.
The rich fly here to get the good stuff that not for plebys.