On the other hand, people say that private healthcare is more efficient than a centrally governed public one. Don’t know if that’s actually true or not, but that’s the argument used in these kinds of debates.
Obviously, US is a total exception, and that argument clearly doesn’t apply. Just look at those absurd prices and tell me how that’s efficient. In a European context though, people routinely claim that public healthcare is somehow inefficient, low quality etc. Regardless, IMO public healthcare is still great because it’s available to everyone. Although, in recent years I’ve heard quite a few stories of pretty brutal prioritization. If your head isn’t about to fall off, you’ll be at the back of the queue for a long time. Actually, there are also situations where people fall outside a specific cutoff and they aren’t sick enough to receive any treatment in the public sector. Well, I guess that’s resource optimization, but it is very sad as well.
I think Antarctica is the best. No people, no healthcare, no wait time.