As far as I know, most of Europe has effective public healthcare. And those same doctors have a parallel private practice which gives you the same treatment but

As far as I know, most of Europe has effective public healthcare. And those same doctors have a parallel private practice which gives you the same treatment but faster. For a pittance. For example. To see a dentist in Slovenia there is a 6 month waiting list. But if you pay 20eur, you go to their private practice and see them in 2 weeks. Optometrists are a several month as well. But you can go private, see them in 1 week, and they waive the fee if you buy glasses from them. Bigger procedures get a little more expensive and there are things that don't exist in private (surgery can never be private because the country only has N surgery rooms and they are booked up with public stuff), but in general it's the same doctors and the same service in private and public health care. Private lessens your waiting times and the doctor is a bit nicer to you. Now that I'm in the US I'm essentially terrified of needing a doctor even with insurance because of the crazy copay and deductible and in-network out-network system. Been here 3 years, never needed a doctor thank god.