That's pretty much our only complaint about our health system, you have to wait a while to see a doctor sometimes.... Last time I waited 15 minutes, time before was over an hour.Let's face it: There's both good stories and horror stories told from both the American health system, and a government run system like the Canadian, English and French have. The American's horror stories seem to be more when they're denied proper health care either due to no health insurance, or simply because some bastard of an Adjuster wanted that bonus and denied their claims. In the 'free' system, like ours, it's the wait lists that we complain most about, not the care itself. I can't imagine going in for a scan that shows you have a brain tumour, and then be told that "well, we're not going to do anything about it because we don't think it's life-threatening'.
Emergency rooms can also be a long wait depending on the situation. Children, the elderly and pregnant women get seen to first, as well as anyone complaining of chest pains...