Living in a country with universal healthcare, but where a fair amount of people have the money to go privately instead is at times slightly comical.
The public hospitals here will quite often hire private hospitals and clinics to do their cases if the wait lists are particularily long. This means that if you have a referral from your doctor, you might end up going to a private clinic and get a procedure done for free.
I have an ingrown toenail that's been bothering me for the past 1.5 years, so I went to my doctor. Who have me a referral to have minor surgery to fix it. Where did I get my appointment? A super fancy private hospital that specializes in cosmetic surgery. I looked at their webpage to see what an ingrown nail surgery costs, its over 500$ and I'm willing to bet thats 500$ pr toe, and I need both fixed. I do not in any way shape or form have 1000$ to spend on having my toes fixed. That's nearly how much I make in a MONTH. So I'm going to just stroll into this hospital, have my nails fixed, and then leave, not having to pay their insane prices
I'm also kinda wondering who has the kind of money where they can just dish out 500$ for a treatment they can get for free if they are just willing to wait ~3 months