> waitlists beyond something like a week mean the capacity of the medical system is insufficient It means that the medical system doesn't have unlimited money/

> waitlists beyond something like a week mean the capacity of the medical system is insufficient It means that the medical system doesn't have unlimited money/resources. Voters hate reality: medical systems grow to take as much resources as you can give them. Waiting lists are often accepted in situations where a dollar limit is disliked. Noone wants to say what a life or procedure is worth, yet a medical system has to indirectly do so because of finite resources (taxation, insurance premiums, donations).