While your experience is valuable, it may not be universal. The US operates a for-profit health system. That has an impact on all the players. The OP is Europe

While your experience is valuable, it may not be universal. The US operates a for-profit health system. That has an impact on all the players. The OP is European (although doesn't say which country) ; most of Europe has a for-health health system. As such there is less incentive to churn through patients as fast as possible. Personally I have experienced public health, and while clearly every interaction, hospital, country etc is different, I have not experienced time pressures. Sometimes the doc visit takes 5 minutes. One time over 2 hours. Of course the balance is a wait in the queue, which can be substantial, but I'm in the fortunate position that I can take a day off when necessary. While neither system is perfect, overall I prefer the one which prioritzes good health outcomes.