Coming from Turkey that has this, I can 100% vouch for it. Prescriptions are partially covered. Private insurance and private hospitals is an option but that do

Coming from Turkey that has this, I can 100% vouch for it. Prescriptions are partially covered. Private insurance and private hospitals is an option but that doesn't mean state hospitals are bad. Healthcare quality is very good in state hospitals. It's actually one of the only two categories in which Turkey's in a good standing among OECD countries. It has its own wrinkles of course. For example, doctors make less money and their working conditions are worse than private hospitals. Because of that, it's common to get asked to pay a "knife fee" in secret for operations. Some doctors ask for an expensive bottle of whiskey etc. I haven't experienced this myself but heard about those incidents many times. However, wait times aren't long. Appointments are organized electronically through E-State portal. Although wait times in ER can be long based on your triage, that's the case with United States anyway. The benefits of single payer healthcare outweigh the drawbacks by a wide margin. You never worry about unemployment. You don't have homeless people due to their mental problems as they're treated in mental clinics. You don't worry about "getting bankrupt" suddenly from an unforeseen health issue. Healthcare costs are low even if you're not insured. That means drugs are cheap even though state won't cover 100% of the cost. Even private insurance is cheap (~$1000 a year). Yes, taxes are high in Turkey, but healthcare system costs make up a very small portion of it (~5%).