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I have lived in Sweden my entire life and this, to me, sounds like just part of the picture. The public healthcare system is far from perfect and it can definitely be frustrating (and surely, in some cases, even a health risk) to wait for specialist care. However, my personal experience is that when really serious stuff happens this system works. My dad fell down from the roof of their house a couple of years ago and was unconscious when I found him (he’s alright - just a dummy not having any safety equipment). We were picked up by ambulance and in the ER not 15 minutes from my call.
That said, I’m 100% for a larger welfare sector. Lessen the vårdköer and offer arbetstidsförkortning for hospital staff
I'm glad your dad is alright 🩵 and I agree on that once you do receive healthcare, the quality is nothing to complain about. And, as I said, I wouldn't change our system to that of the US or whatever for anything, because that would lead to only privileged people being able to receive healthcare.
I wonder what happened with that experiment at that hospital in Mölndal, where they tried six hour workday with eight hour pay?