Wait times in the US are also ridiculous. A couple years ago I tried to make a doctor's appt, at the clinic where I was regularly a patient, and had decent insurance, but it was for check-up stuff and to ask some questions. I called in July; the first available appointment was December.

On the other hand, when I've gone to that clinic with urgent issues, they see me the same day.

I gather it is much the same in systems with decent healthcare systems; just much, much, much less likely to bankrupt you just for being sick.