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I have a chronic pain issue and my primary referred me to a specialist that took sox months to see. They referred me to a different specialist with a six month wait-list. They then referred me to a more specific sub-specialist for another three month wait. I live in a reasonably well-off and well populated area, so I'm not out in flyover country or anything. I've heard the same from many people. Short wait-lists in America is a myth.
100%. Took me 3 months to get an ENT appointment. They've still done fuck all about the actual issue almost a year and a half later. The profit incentive is for return customers, not to actually fucking cure anything here.
My first six month wait was for an ENT. I'm actually past ten years, well over a dozen referrals, and three useless surgeries, but that's another story.
Pro-tip, if they want you to see a neurologist, make sure it's a headache specialist. I waited 6 months to see a neurologist recommended by an ENT, only to have her immediately refer me to a headache specialist because, duh, nasal sinuses are in the head. What really kind of pisses me off is that I asked the ENT if this specific Neurologist he recommended was good with my kind of issue, and he assured me they were. Total bullshit.