Who cares if someone has to wait for care? Look at the 5-year survival rates for cancer, the US is competitive in some areas, and non-competitive in other areas. On the whole, single payer systems have as good, if not better survival rates. Look at the infant mortality rates, the US is FIFTY FOURTH, behind, you guessed it sportsfans, 53 countries with single-payer systems. If private insurance is so good, why are so many babies dying in our country? If socialized medicine is so bad, why are CUBA'S survival rates some of the top in the world? Breast cancer 5 year? Cuba is 1, they are also first in womens colorectum and second in mens colorectum, ahead of the US in both places; and they dont even have first-rate hospitals like we do.