Our health care system is fucked

I’ve been sick for two weeks, and my own family practitioner (a nurse practitioner) cannot see me until the end of November at the earliest. If I want to see a doctor from my own practice it wont be until early December. The walk in doctors office I normally go to has been temporarily closed since the summer. Today I tried another walk in doctors office (the only other one close to me), on their website it says hours 9 am – 4 pm monday to friday. When I get there the sign says no walk in’s on Tuesday. The receptionist tells me I have to show up before 9 am tomorrow and line up outside or I wont get a spot, despite the clinic being open until 4 pm. My only other option is emergency. I’m a nurse, and the hospital I work at is on Emergency bed alert due to lack of staff (and has been, on and off, for months now.) I hope everyone realizes how bad things are, and I hope you vote with this in mind in the future. Because it seems like the only time people realize how bad our healthcare system has become is when they’re sick, and at that point it’s not only too late, but you wont have the energy to fight for something better. via /r/ontario https://ift.tt/WCe6NK3