Universal healthcare is not exactly free - it comes at a price, but generally people paying and using these services would prefer it that way - for many fairly obvious reasons.
I've been lucky and only used it once - but it was hard to fault the service.
Both parents have used it extensively and have little doubt they lived a longer life due to the care/treatment.
Obviously the weight of work on a universal healthcare system is going to be with the elderly - and they are fully entitled to have a quality level of treatment. I would expect the same when I'm a doddering old fool
