Friend of a friend had breast cancer. Could not get appointment for many months. When they discovered her treatment, her age and the fact that that treatment’s annual amount had already been allocated....so she died.
Her husband said later had he brought her to America, she might have lived. This was around 2004.
Where did your friend live, uS, Canada, France?
My daughter in law lived with her husband in France til last fall. The general healthcare is very good. You get 5-7 days in the hospital when you have a baby. Fois gras is on the menu. But my guess is that as with most universal medicine elder care procedures are likely rationed. And France only has about 60 million people as opposed to 330 million here and 20 million illegals.