Nordic countries also have a mixed insurance system, both government option and private Healthcare insurers and providers and it works a lot better than the U.S. and Canada. Switzerland also has such a system, even better than the Nordic countries.
The ugly realities of "free" Socialized Medicine. In a WV hospital in 2011, I met 2 Brits & 3 Canadians there getting hip or knee replacements
All waited 5 years at home before giving up, borrowing money & coming to America to get needed surgeries.
