I swear, the Roundup commercial people must have been fans of the Simpsons. The "Round up One-Touch Wand" commercial got so much of the Canyenero commercial vibe. Whips included xD
Roundup commercial, early 2000 or tens
The Simpsons Canyenero Commercial, 1998
People don't talk enough about how annoying the Swedish healthcare system is.
Always praised by healthy people who barely use it. Then you know some old people who are in need of care and you realize it's a part time job needed to help them navigate and get the care they need.
Fighting for getting their care organized, delivered and on time. Seeking the kind of doctors that actually help and prescribe what's needed rather than stalling. They're budgeting you so you might get delayed treatments that turn preventable diseases into deadly ones.
This happened to three people I know by now. And they sadly passed away.
All that's just on the really sick end. If on average healthy young person end...
Well, often when seeking medical advice it also says something like "do this, but also ask your doctor." Who? I don't have a doctor, never had. We basically don't get frequent medical checkups like the Americans get.
And if it's something, we sort of always do home treatments. Seeking out the public healthcare, ehhh rather not. It's qued and annoying to spend time on plus you'll likely get some garbage advice at the other end or something you already knew you needed.
The care that works is the Emergency care, and the chronic disease help. All else is just a mess and I personally stay away from seeking it out as it is so annoying.
And having seen grand parents etc. fare badly in the system I always think; gulp. I rather not be sick in Sweden.
One day I'll move away of start paying for my own private Healthcare insurance. It's getting more and more popular here, because it's just a better experience. And no the public system is not in need of more money, it needs better management. Because that's the problem.
So. That's my rant. To many healthy people praise it, not enough sick people have time writing about it. I just lost a relative in this system; I felt obliged to at least rant some.
Let them rest in peace.
Let Swedish healthcare improve some day, letting more private options in or some other pressure on management improvement would be great.