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Spain. It's free, as expected.
But quality have gone really down in the latest decade. To the point that I don't actually feel really protected by it anymore.
Waiting lists are getting ridiculously long.
For a regular doctor you go to get a note for not working a few days can take a week or more to even see them. A specialist could easily take a year to see.
For this reason even we have free healthcare, more and more people is paying private healthcare on the side.
A week? That's fast in America.
The quickest I was able to be seen because of a major health scare was two weeks. When I hurt myself and needed physical therapy, the staff said with a straight face "Lets get you in as the first week is important for recovery. How is [date six weeks in advance]?"
One week for the primare care first appointment. The one that unless you have something very harmless wont be able to do anything for you anyway but refer to a specialist.
Physical therapy is one of the experts that could easily take 6 months to see.
One week is A LOT for health issues. It used to be that you could go in the same day, or the day after. But things have been going downhill for a while.
It's not free, you pay for it with your taxes.
Hur hur you really got them there
Free at the point of service.
But I suppose for people not paying taxes is free overall.
Holy shit, really? We didn’t know that! So thanks for informing us :)