The problem in Sweden isn't underfunding, it's lack of healthcare professionals. They don't want to come here because it's not as lucrative a career as they could have elsewhere. Swedish doctors will even admit to this.

We have had a bit of a strain on all social systems lately as a result off the influx of refugees who aren't working or paying taxes. But wait times were a problem even before that.

It's not uncommon for unionized government employees to become lackadaisical at their jobs. Doctors here are underpaid and generally do the bare minimum to treat you when possible, or refer you back and forth to other doctors so you are not their problem. For example, I have really severe endometriosis. I had surgery 9 time in the United States resulting in a total hysterectomy. Now after being given too high a dose of estrogen in Swden I am having a bad recurrence. To the point that it has messed up my intestines so they barely function. I need surgery to fix it. I've seen six different surgeons. All of them have denied me the procedure I need. Why? According to my primary care doctor (who is not Swedish) surgeons in Sweden will look for any excuse to not do a complicated or lengthy procedure. If your condition is not life threatening they send you back to your primary care physician. Their suggestion on how to deal with my condition? Pain control and 'hoping it goes away'. I have to take morphine twice a day to function. If I were in the states I would have been able to ah the procedure already and wouldn't be doomed to take narcotics for the foreseeable future. Sure the System in the US is also horribly flawed but I would trade it for government healthcare just to ease the length of my suffering.