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What an interesting thing to observe. The United States health insurance system is such a complete f****** disaster, and a great many Americans know that, but many of those Americans also feel that the US is the best country in the world. So there is this cognitive dissonance where people are angry but some still won't admit that maybe Canada and the UK and Japan and dozens of other countries are all doing it better.
And if you're unwilling to recognize a systemic failure, then maybe the best you can do is hope for a hero or at least some kind of vigilante warrior to come along and dispense justice or karma or whatever you want to call it.
Propaganda has that one covered:
"There are people in Canada that wait months and months to see a doctor for serious problems!"
It's the most common thing I hear when I discuss healthcare with anyone... "But the waittttssss!"
But reality has the response covered:
Many European countries has a max wait time of 90 days for non-emergency elective surgery. If the wait is longer than that at a public hospital, the patient can choose to have the surgery done at a private hospital if there's room at no additional cost. Emergencies are always treated immediately, of course. You can also choose to have a private top-up health insurance plan if you wish to always be treated at private hospitals.