> amazingly long waiting times (measured in years) for anything but the most basic interventions Do you have some examples? Since the vast majority of HN peopl

> amazingly long waiting times (measured in years) for anything but the most basic interventions Do you have some examples? Since the vast majority of HN people (myself included) aren't medically trained, it might be very unclear what kind of interventions you're thinking about. For example, I would hazard a guess that something that is mostly cosmetic could be considered "basic" – but my experience is that such a thing is given a low priority (rightfully so, IMHO). Yet there's lots of urgent and non-"basic" cancer interventions that happen quickly. So I'm a bit puzzled.