>>1518109>If anything is remotely serious or requires surgery you'l be forced to wait a couple years at which point they'l tell you that they've waited too long and can't help you.I hear this meme a lot (especially from Fox News watching Americans) but in my experience it's not the case at all, many people in my family including myself have had serious health issues including cancer, hip replacements, and haven't had to wait long at all and got the help they needed and recovered. There are systems in place to make sure people that need immediate treatment get it as soon as possible, although for some things I have heard it also helps if you use the right language when talking to your doctor, as in things like chronic pain that could be helped by surgery but isn't life threatening..
