I see three specialists. It takes me, as an established patient, 3+ months to get an appointment. It took nine months to get an appointment with my rheumatologist.
A few years ago a guy at work crushed his leg. They rushed him to the hospital. There were so few doctors available that they had to fly him to Chicago. The delay cost him his leg.
When I hear people say that the drawback to single payer healthcare is that you'll have to wait to receive care I can't help but roll my eyes.
We're so busy trying to point the negatives of others that we don't recognize that we share those same negatives.