Counter example from Denmark, a European country: two weeks ago my son had a rash (no other symptoms), preventing me from dropping him off at daycare. I called the doctor at 8.30 a.m., had an appointment at the FREE doctor at 11. Problem solved in less than three hours.
Yeah, sure, there's going to be positive counterexamples.
Waiting times (specially for say for some types of surgery are an issue in Denmark also).
Look, I have extensive experience from inside the the system, maybe I can write a more detailed post about how this works and some reasons why US healthcare can be so expensive, if anyone is interested in that.
But just a quick example, health care costs on national levels fluctuate through the years, and so do collected taxes and hence how much of that pile is allocated to healthcare.
This can result in a doctor treating your son differently in 2016 than in 2017, an neither the doctor or the hospital will tell you this.
For example he might need a surgery, which will be done with an invasive surgical procedure (opening up a person with a scalpel), even though a non-invasive laser procedure is available and the hospital has all the necessary equipment & and the doctors trained.
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In short, examples of generally best health care systems in Europe are Switzerland, Netherlands, and NOT England (NHS) or France.
