Well like I said, it is my own personal experience. I can't speak for the American model since I have only studied it in a classroom and can only judge what I have seen. I know plenty of people who have had surgery (knee, shoulder, amongst others) and haven't waited very long.
Of course, if so much of the money that is allocated to health care wasn't being used inefficiently (due to corruption), maybe it would actually be more efficient and it would work. But of course that is what you've been saying since the first time you've ever posted.
It's a pipedream, I know.