Not that it helps, but this is happening in most Western countries. In Canada, healthcare has similarly collapsed. Decades of mismanagement and absurd governm

Not that it helps, but this is happening in most Western countries. In Canada, healthcare has similarly collapsed. Decades of mismanagement and absurd government policy finally broke the system during the COVID lockdowns and now the system is worst than many third world countries. Like in your example, it will take hours to get ambulance and I don't mean in some rural town in Canada, I mean in downtown Toronto. Most people are just Ubering or getting driven to the hospital and camping out at the ER - and I do mean camping because it could easily be a day's wait for something fairly urgent. We've had plenty of people die in waiting rooms this year. The worst part is there is no private system allowed here - in fact the provincial BC court recently ruled that private health clinics operating outside the public system are not allowed[1]. As a Canadian you no do not have a right to healthcare if that healthcare is private - your choice is die in the public system's waiting room or hopefully be rich enough to fly to the US for care. --- [1] https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/practice-areas/litigation/bc-court-dismisses-appeal-of-lower-court-decision-limiting-private-healthcare/368269 https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/practice-areas/litigation/...