> Socialized healthcare systems have much larger wait times. That's because in the US, a very large proportion of people go to the ER instead of the normal in-

> Socialized healthcare systems have much larger wait times. That's because in the US, a very large proportion of people go to the ER instead of the normal in-patient process that universal healthcare countries use for non-emergency problems. US hospitals have very long waiting times for ER for this reason. Here in Australia, I've needed to go to the ER before and there wasn't a waiting time (though obviously this depends on the time of day and what hospital you go to). This is all due to lack of funding and staffing for hospitals, not for any other reason. > More research needs to be done before enforcing such a system on a wide scale in America. I'm pretty sure the existence of this system across the developed world is sufficient research to show that it works. Even with these worries you have, the healthcare system would be orders of magnitude better than what you have now.