I moved to Finland and have found the public health-care good. However I also get some medical stuff provided as part of my employment. I wanted to have a pa

I moved to Finland and have found the public health-care good. However I also get some medical stuff provided as part of my employment. I wanted to have a particular operation and was told I could have it carried out almost for free if I waited for "about a year". Alternatively I could pay for it myself and have it in "a few weeks". In that kinda situation, a procedure I wanted for myself, I figured I'd just pay. Certainly there wouldn't have been a problem waiting for it, voluntarily. But given the opportunity it seemed like a good decision to make. In the past I've had work-related healthcare covering me when I had some forearm injuries, caused by climbing, which directly impacted my keyboard usage. My usage of public healthcare involved having brainscans, and other tests before deciding that I was fine. Both cases were nice and straightforward, even without adequate Finnish language skills on my part. So I think I've had a decent interaction with all three of the systems - paid stuff, which I managed myself, public system, and private healthcare provided by my employer.