I'm interested in knowing how people feel more or less universal healthcare systems in countries that use them. How is the quality of healthcare, the doctors, how long are continue times, general opinions.

Please note, if you do not live surrounded by a country that utilizes some form of universal healthcare, or have not lived for a considerable amount of time in any such country, you are not qualified to answer; I categorically do not attention about your opinion. Please state which country you live in when you answer.

Thanks to everyone within advance.
Answers:    Ireland. As with any system you will have advantages and disadvantages. The ability is excellent moreso if you are ill, rather than just own a normal run of the mill cold, bug, chest infection or flu. I can contact a Doctor on a 24/7 basis and the Doctor will call to my Home and have done at 4am, 5am, or 6am. Or if I just want to know if I can increase my drugs, can phone him. The GPs, PCPs are always under pressure ebcause they are the first point of contact next to the service. They if you like guard the service, weed out all who are wasting time and ensure that those who need treatment find treatment. Waiting times? Well the GP will have a morning clinic, so you just arrive, sit in procession and get seen too in turn. However, you can also phone, for example if you entail to see him for a blood test, or injury that needs dressing, make an appointment, usually surrounded by the afternoon. The waiting times are usually for Tests, things like MRI, CT Scans, Endoscopy and so on. That is because they take the serious Patients first. I have be admitted to Hospital within two hours, would have be faster if I did not have to go home to pack my bags.
Unfortunatley the disadvantages, the citizens who are not ill, who just waste the Doctors time. Because it is free, they tend to rush surrounded by with everything anf anything, without thinking first. So a band aid could solve the problem, but they madness and run. The way around this is Education, Public Education and it is a Generational thing. For example my Mother at 70 had a fist full of skin cancer removed from the shin on her leg at the Doctors Clinic, not the Hospital and the response of others of her age group was 'No, you should of had that surgery done in Hospital'. I hold had three minor surgeries at my PCP Clinic and walked out afterwards with no follow up problems. We are slowly starting Community Care, the hypothesis being that people no matter what age or vigour condition should be allowed to stay at Home and be looked after in their Community, rather than end up within as a Long Stay Patient in Hospital or a Nursing Home. It is cheaper to keep the person within their own home, then march them off to Nursing Homes or Hospitals. So I enjoy Rheumatoid Arthritis and the Community Nurse, Physiothreapist and Occupational Threapist call to see me along with a Social Work just to put together sure I am coping. I have not been in Hospital for olden times eleven years, so I guess the system works.
Hope that helps.

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Universal health care is a great concept but i.e. all it is. I have lived in Canada for several years and their Universal Health Care System stinks. Services are great for every day stuff like seeing an MD for a cold, infection and simple stuff like that. If you enjoy an emergency like a heart attack, stroke or trauma you will be well taken care of contained by the short term. Unfortunately there are not enough resources departed to handle many of the other serious health effort needs. Wait times for joint replacements often 6 months to 1-2 years. Minimal to no drug coverage for those between 18-65 years of age, Wait times for MRI's habitually 6 to 10 months. To see a specialist it often takes 3 or more months and the list go on and on. A ton of stuff goes undiagnosed because doctors can't order or have access to diagnostic audition and people die.

Canadians have a false sense of security because they conjecture all their health care requests are covered. When illness occurs they very at a rate of knots learn about the lack of resources or gap in coverage. The only people who praise their system are those who close to the idea of universal health or those Canadians who enjoy it and don't know any better because they have never received care here in the USA. You will not find anybody pushing complete health, who has worked in both the Canadian and the US system. I guarantee it.

Oh, by the means of access. Canada (Ontario) has 15% sales tax and the 3rd absolute tax rate in the world to pay for adjectives that "free care" and the care still stinks compared to the US system. And if you don't like the care up in that, well then that is merely to bad. Goverment makes all the decision about your standard of care and services. I have told several friends and family connections that the level of care they receiced up there for injuries and conditions would be considered malpractice down here surrounded by the states. ie. ruptured disc in back with pinched cheek having to wait 8 months to get MRI and see final surgeon. By the time you see the surgeon you could have permanent damage and adjectives he may tell you is its too late now.

So oodles healthcare workers have already moved south to get away from that system. There was also parley of caping doctor's salaries at one point. With costs increasing everywhere and the Goverment in control of salaries, its lately a bad situation and scary tought for healthcare workers.

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