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by tigroferoce 3214 days ago
Same here in Italy. I waited 8 hours to be visited at ER when I had a foot injury while climbing, but in the meanwhile I saw a lot of way more serious patients to go first.

My daughter broke her nose while playing and she had nose surgery and she had to stay a couple of nights in the hospital.

In both cases everything has been completely free (AKA paid by high taxes). Our current system has a lot of issues, but I wouldn't trade for a more private one. For sure I wouldn't trade it for the american system.