
Swedes buy insurance to skip long health queues
• http://www.thelocal.se"It's quicker to get a colleague back to work if you have an operation in two weeks' time rather than having to wait for a year," privately insured Anna Norlander told Sveriges Radio on Friday. "It's terrible that I, as a young person, don't feel I can trust the health care system to take care of me."
The insurance plan guarantees that she can see a specialist within four working days, and get a time for surgery, if needed, within 15.
In December, the queues in the Swedish health care system pushed the country down a European ranking of healthcare.