If you are seeing a specialist it takes less time on average to see a doctor in the US than say Canada which is why a lot of them come here.
http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/11/re...-care-in-2011/
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I would prefer to think of it as "I paid for mine, why do you expect me to pay for yours?"