t limits the upper costs they can ask for private healthcare.

Nah we have the same system here in NZ.

I've got a couple of options.

Wait 15ish years on teh public system for a major operation for a great quality of life improvement.

See the same surgeon privately for 44K who is also a munter compared to other surgeons due to bugger all experience which is why they're at my shit hole country which doesn't fund their specialty properly.

Medical tourism in 2023 for 30-35K. Either way even on the 'public option' I still get no wages for 45 days because it's not an 'accident'. So I'm going medical tourism. Meanwhile I pay a fuck tonne of taxes for a fuck tonne of dumb cunts since 70% of the adults in my country are overweight or obese. So I subsidy their lifestyle and I can go fuck myself.