Question for those who have national health care

[rolanni]

I have been told that in nations with socialized medicine (my correspondent uses the UK as their example) a person who has broken their hip will wait an average of three months for treatment.

Can anyone tell me if this is so?

Thanks.

Comments

[lagilman]

A friend of mine who is (was) Canadian said that in Canada, he would have waited months to get an MRI that in the States was scheduled for the very next day. So that seems plausible, if painful...