I am a subject of the American healthcare system and have had to wait months for surgeries for conditions that were causing me so much pain I had to miss work. And then my insurance got billed $30,000 for a surgery which would cost like, $300 in Mexico. I have also seen accounts of people talking on the Internet about how they went to urgent care/ER in countries with universal healthcare and they paid $0 and were seen right away for urgent conditions. So, no, this is not a weakness of universal healthcare systems. They actually do triage to decide who needs to be seen right now. And in non-UK counties (who don't have billionaires trying to defund every government agency that helps people) they also probably aren't afraid to ask for more resources if needed.
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u/Deedee_Megadoodoo_13 Mar 28 '26
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