I have experienced health care in the US and now Sweden. I can say whole heartedly that I prefer the Swedish system. Perhaps that's cause I have a chronic condition that is costly. I could never get insurance on my own in the US, at any price. I pay more in taxes in line with what my perfectly healthy friends in the US have paid to get comparable insurance (of course if they use it for much they risk rescission and will have to fight the insurance company to pay the bills they should).
In Sweden they worked quickly to put me on a safer and cheaper drug, one that most of the US is dragging its heels to get into place, why cause it costs less than half to treat a patient this way. Office visits go down because it is entirely self-administrable, instead of an IV that has to be done in a clinic.
No matter what medical system you choose there are going to be mistakes and deaths, I just prefer the Swedish system that seems to triage and try and use resources wisely.
I've had things in the US turn into unnecessary tests and hospital stays, in Sweden they recognize this and treat me appropriately. Of course I can't blame doctors in the US, they have the fear of a big malpractice suit if anything unordinary were to happen.
The problem in Sweden is (a) queue time and (b) the administration burden disincentives doctors from finding complex problems that aren't obvious.
About (b), I think it might be better in the rest of Scandinavia. My personal experience -- I had a simple knee problems for decades (the sport doctors finally fixing that said it was common to drag them around for that long...) My experience here isn't that atypical.
In Sweden they worked quickly to put me on a safer and cheaper drug, one that most of the US is dragging its heels to get into place, why cause it costs less than half to treat a patient this way. Office visits go down because it is entirely self-administrable, instead of an IV that has to be done in a clinic.
No matter what medical system you choose there are going to be mistakes and deaths, I just prefer the Swedish system that seems to triage and try and use resources wisely.
I've had things in the US turn into unnecessary tests and hospital stays, in Sweden they recognize this and treat me appropriately. Of course I can't blame doctors in the US, they have the fear of a big malpractice suit if anything unordinary were to happen.