Let me tell you, it's not as good as you think.
>8 hours wait in hospital routinely
Yeah, knife wound, chest pain, major infections. it was a divine miracle when it only took me 4 hours to get processed. fucking 2 hours on a walkin clinic, 6 month to a year wait on a surgery my dad needed, regularly.
but i don't have to pay for docters writing prescriptions, just for the prescriptions and out the nose
ups and downs

From a country with shit, but still mostly free healthcare: everything depends on your local infrastructure. Where I live the waiting for non-serious case is 1-2 hours, some time less than 30min. Serious injuries are treated asap.