I wonder what the wait time for a doctor in Cuba is.
edit: of course we have the perfect emote. 
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: “You mean you DON’T like things expensive and inefficient? This is America, why do you hate America? This ain’t Soviet China, Kim-jong-Un!”
In all seriousness, the main reason is a doctor shortage. Medical school being prohibitively expensive and very unforgiving to people who mess up. Not to mention how competitive it all is too.
because america has the best medical care in the whole WORLD and because of that it takes time and money to get it! GOSH
The literature does not support this conclusion.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/best-healthcare-in-the-world
Also the Doc, and NPs are scheduled to see another patient every 5-7 minutes for three months or more, in advance.
He was being ironic
The AMA lobbies to restrict the number of doctors in the USA.
Like I used to tell people back during the healthcare debates: if you think there aren't wait lists or rationing in the US healthcare system then you've never had a family member with a chronic illness.
The cruelest joke/irony is that litterally every problem right wingers complain about in socialized medicine also exists in for profit healthcare.
or they act like since there's such a thing as multi-millionaire/billionaire serving concierge doctors that you just have to git good and grind harder at capitalism to skip the line forever
6 months to see a dentist. Gee, making education really expensive is panning out well for all.
No benefits only downsides 
The country I live in has been trying to do way with public healthcare for decades and is one of the primary factors as to why I am looking to leave. I'm not a conspiracy theorist at all but I strongly believe our government is intentionally underfunding our health service in an attempt to astroturf support for privatisation.
This description 100% applies to the UK, sadly.
Funny considering this is the country I was referring to. Biscuit Island just wants to be another America.
U.S. health insurance companies are salivating at the idea of breaking into a new large market
I've been trying to get an appointment to get tested for autism (which I'm almost certain I have), I filled out all their forms and sent them the first $400 payment a month ago, now it's "wait for us to call you and schedule an appointment" and of course I haven't gotten a phone call yet. Wow yes tell me more about how countries with socialized medicine have to wait months to get an appointment.
sup been waiting like 8 months here
Communism is when long waits
I can get in reasonable times but I've only been able to see my primary care physician once. I'd have to wait +5 months if I wanted to see him again. But for some reason has have this fiefdom of people under him and I can see them pretty quickly. Its like this guy just hordes patients and leases them out to other doctors.
I'm in a pretty rural area now and the wait times for mental health care are absurd. Literally 3 month wait to see the new psych after the previous one quit, perscribed new meds, she says "Ok I'll set a follow up appointment in a few weeks to see how you're doing" (long awkward silence) How does 2 months from now sound?
Bad, Doc, it sounds bad.
6-8 month psych wait here 
I remember the argument against socialized medicine was this and death panels
Same reason everything sucks every day, roots.
~~We live in a crumbling self-cannibalising inhumane system.~~ Uh I mean, try to take over the world?
What's your general location and what's the reason for your visit? I've never had an issue.
A dense suburban area in an even denser metropolitan area