Why one elderly patient is eight months into a public system wait for a heart scan that would have revealed they needed a valve replacement to stop the dizzy spells that eventually led to black outs and a bone fracture – and another has health insurance that rapidly provided for an echocardiogram, CT angiogram, treadmill test and a holter monitor when they developed an arrhythmia? I make the point that in any area, there is always people like this and what allows it to keep happening is the people around them who say, ‘well, that’s just the way they are’ ... ‘we might work together, and maybe it’s easier for me to just let him or her do his thing’. From a politician’s point of view or a manager’s point of view, the outlook is they’re managing a budget and they need to get back in the black ... That way of thinking is almost antithetical to what really needs to happen.”
Author: Kim Knight
Published at: 2025-06-14 20:00:00
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