My previous Norwegian employer gave me private health care as a perk. You had to get a recommendation from a government general practitioner first, but after th

My previous Norwegian employer gave me private health care as a perk. You had to get a recommendation from a government general practitioner first, but after that, it was all private, presumably to get employees back to work faster instead of having them wait for months for an operation. Of course, most people/companies can't be bothered with this, since the government health care is good enough, but paying for private healthcare is definitely a non-theoretical option.