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"public healthcare system sucks I check in hospital at 7pm don't get to see the doctor until 12:00am"Is not going all the well, trust me I lived in Australia before public healthcare system sucks I check in hospital at 7pm don't get to see the doctor until 12:00am is always been like that same type of story in Canada too. I started paying for private health insurance after that and the service level was night and day but you see the thing with Australia medicare and Scandinavian medicare is that there is still a choice to get private health insurance if you want Bernie's Universal medicare completely outlaws private insurance so 170 million people would lose their private health insurance they worked so hard to get, no competition so the government can run medicare how ever they like, smaller clinics will close down as the medicare pay is lower the private insurance pay, less people want to become a health professionals because of higher work load less pay, oh also your tax will increase.
https://blog.acton.org/archives/107193-national-health-care-topples-a-nordic-government.html
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/06...e-actually-moving-toward-private-health-care/
https://issuesinsights.com/2019/06/...t-scandinavian-countries-health-care-systems/
In Australia
This can be both correct and incorrect depending on the severity of your problem, the load of other sick/injured people and the location of the hospital.
No matter what level of private health paid for- if you have an acute life threatening emergency you will be sent to a public hospital, end of story. If your condition was deemed life threatening it would not have taken 5 hours to see a doctor anywhere at any time. If there was any concern about your condition you would have seen a doctor (no matter how briefly) to ensure nothing was missed.
At 7pm any Australian would know to go to a bulk bill (free) medical centre and see a doctor instead of a hospital. Hospitals especially the ER try and discourage non emergency patients and for good reason, they are primary for emergencies and someone's stubbed toe is of no concern for them.
Not long ago I had to take some one to a public hospital and within the space of 2 hours he had seen 3 doctors and a neurologist within a further hour or so. A family member had cancer and never had a excessive wait and I have had multiple visits for emergency surgeries and never felt I had substandard care even if it meant waiting 24 hours to get it (which was the longest)