I tried to find some good data around surgery wait times by OECD countries but couldn't find much except it seems that Canada + UK + US have bad wait times compared to other OECD countries.

Does double healthcare cost = less wait times? Are there less wait times for private insured vs those using public system? Would love to see the data if you have any...

I did find some stats around infant mortality and life expectancy. US ranks 5th on infant mortality and 31st on life expectancy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expe...

Yet US still ranks #1 on total health expenditure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_hea...