The shortages in the American private market is simply much more difficult to see. Folks might theoretically be able to go to the doctor, but not having the money to do so - instant shortage of healthcare. There are wait times here for doctors, but can you really tell me that the insurers in the states have no mismanagement? They had to pass a law to cover pre-existing conditions like diabetes. There is a lot of waste in the system in the states - there is truly no reason for an expensive MRI machine to sit there empty most times unless it is reserved for emergencies... yet they are such.

No system is perfect. My experience with private care has been in the US, and my experience with nationalized is in Norway. I've tried to go to doctors both places with waiting lists of weeks, and the waiting is a bit longer for specialists here than there. Give and take. I'd still prefer to actually be able to get health care when i need it regardless of having the finances to do it. I actually prefer to have a mix of the two - strong national care with an option to be private.