Socialized healthcare just means that healthcare is primarily a government monopoly and monopolies always provide their service as the highest possible cost with the lowest possible quality.
The waiting times in DK were at one point so bad that it was mandated by law, that certain timeframes for treatment must be respected, but this is rarely possible. I had one family member diagnosed with cancer i november, treatment started in february, death was in september. Another just last week, was hit by a heart attack, something blocking the arteries. She received some pills/nitro and was told she needed a scan of the heart in order to fix the problem, and that she should come back in a month or so. We're hoping she'll make it that far.
I can't say how much worse this is than in the US, but it seems to me that the problems the US face in terms of steep pricing are also the result of government regulation.
The waiting times in DK were at one point so bad that it was mandated by law, that certain timeframes for treatment must be respected, but this is rarely possible. I had one family member diagnosed with cancer i november, treatment started in february, death was in september. Another just last week, was hit by a heart attack, something blocking the arteries. She received some pills/nitro and was told she needed a scan of the heart in order to fix the problem, and that she should come back in a month or so. We're hoping she'll make it that far.
I can't say how much worse this is than in the US, but it seems to me that the problems the US face in terms of steep pricing are also the result of government regulation.