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jquery | karma 2581 | avg karma 1.25 · 2019-07-08 18:31:57+00:00

>People 'pay' by waiting.

Can you elaborate here?

luckylion | karma 3881 | avg karma 0.72 · 2019-07-08 18:40:37+00:00

I understand that as "you can work an hour and give the proceeds of that work to the doctor, or you can sit in his waiting room for an hour".

vbtemp | karma 2012 | avg karma 4.75 · 2019-07-08 20:24:45+00:00

So long as there is contention for a finite resource the market always exists. If you don't pay with cash, you pay with something else that has value - your time.

MaxBarraclough | karma 10788 | avg karma 2.11 · 2019-07-10 20:46:31+00:00

I believe it's true to say the NHS generally has worse waiting times than, say, American healthcare.