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AI-guided self-medication is certainly problematic. Rubber-ducking your symptoms for free for as long as you need and then asking a doctor for their 2-minute opinion is IMHO the best way to go about healthcare in 2026.

I live in a place where I can get anything related to healthcare and even surgery within the same day at an affordable price, and even here I've wasted days going to various specialists who just tried to give me useless meds.

Imagine if one lives in a place where you need an appointment 3 months in advance, you most certainly will benefit from going there showing your last ChatGPT summary.



Your healthcare situation seems pretty darn good. What country is this?


Thailand is my go-to for healthcare in private hospitals. I heard good things about Singapore too. Taiwan's public hospitals were great too, albeit not as flashy.




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