These kinds of wait times are not an inevitability for single-payer. I have Medicaid in the US and I get seen within a week to a month (sometimes even same-day

These kinds of wait times are not an inevitability for single-payer. I have Medicaid in the US and I get seen within a week to a month (sometimes even same-day) in non-emergency situations, and 100% of my medical bills are covered by the government. The worst part of it is that for certain specialties there just aren't many doctors who accept Medicaid, so I pretty much have to take what I can get... but this shouldn't be a problem if every doctor accepted a single-payer plan. On the other hand, for things like mental health care there's a large amount of choice in my area. So overall I'm pretty pleased.