I don't know about the quality of our local healthcare system, but I'm a little annoyed that I didn't qualify for the free HPV vaccination but people two years younger than me did. The government invited anyone born in an 8 year period and about 20% responded. I wish they'd given me the option to take part in the program even if I wasn't actively invited, it's not like there's a shortage because of high demand; even among kids the vaccination rates are only at 50% to 60% thanks to the rise of antivax parents and covid misinformation.

I'm not going to start a fight with the local healthcare call center to let me pay the 200-300 euros for a vaccination they think I shouldn't be getting according to every piece of information they publish about it. I know the government is trying to cut costs on healthcare and all, but the resistance the idea that someone without a cervix may benefit from a HPV vaccination annoys me to no end.

Out of all possible healthcare cost cutting measures, charging hundreds for vaccines against diseases that are widely present within the borders of the country must be the stupidest.

That said, I'd much rather take the annoying European healthcare system over the American one. I can get every vaccine out of pocket twice a year and still be cheaper off than with your average American health insurance.