I once went to a large professional building attached to a hospital because I lost my voice and I wanted to see a doctor, any doctor, on any time frame. They said the only thing they could do is send me to the ER. These days, I would go to a walk-in clinic like Carbon Health or One Medical I guess, if I was in an American city away from home, without my own doctor. But I find it hard to blame anybody who goes to the ER for "just a cough" since I know the system won't do anything else for them.
NB when I was in the military they had the entire problem of suddenly ill people completely solved. Socialism.
NB when I was in the military they had the entire problem of suddenly ill people completely solved. Socialism.