I'm sorry, I have been lucky to only have limited experience with the system to date and it did not make a good impression. I take it back but I still think that 5 - 9 % of income before tax for healthcare is outrageous.

> but that's universally true pretty much everywhere in Europe right now, the waiting times in countries with public healthcare systems have inflated into infinity due to a combination of factor

I have heard that's not the case in Germany and the private appointments are almost not a thing. I could be wrong though.