"You wait for months and months" Yeah, bullshit. Single-payer public health system, Australia: I went in for a routine angiogram and was told "Your cardiac a

"You wait for months and months" Yeah, bullshit. Single-payer public health system, Australia: I went in for a routine angiogram and was told "Your cardiac artery is very blocked. We're not sure if we'll let you go home tonight. You might need immediate surgery." But in the end, they did let me go home. So then I was put onto the Waiting List. Some wait. Less than two weeks later, I was given a triple-bypass. Out-of-pocket cost to me for a cardiac triple-bypass and six days in hospital, including 2 days in ICU, was ZERO.