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BermudaTwiangle t1_iu2pfi2 wrote

The hospitals serve not just the 650,000 people in Boston but the whole region and even country when it comes to specialized treatment. You gave San Fran's metro region population but only the population of Boston proper. I do wish the wait times were shorter but it is what it is.

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nkdeck07 t1_iu4kv74 wrote

>but the whole region and even country when it comes to specialized treatment

Seriously, my FIL visits us 2-3 times a year to see a Parkinson specialist at MGH. I live out in Western MA now and will be bringing my baby into Childrens in a few weeks to see a plastics specialist and specifically made sure my PCP out here was MGH affiliated so if i need a specialist I can see one in Boston and not in Springfield. When we lived in NH Dad got his hip replaced in Boston. Everyone is making the same decisions my family does.

I'd say it's even larger then the standard Boston metro region. Essentially the entirety of Vermont, Maine, NH, MA, RI and parts of CT and NY are gonna end up in Boston for "big" stuff.

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UltimateZo OP t1_iu2reff wrote

Yes totally misquoted the numbers and I've updated the post with 5million Boston metro area!

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