How long can you afford to wait?

In the New Zealand public healthcare system there are currently waiting lists for elective surgery (depending on your condition), queues to see specialists and even queues to obtain diagnostic tests. If you, or someone in your family needed major surgery through the public system, you might have to join the queue of thousands who are waiting for surgery today. These problems continue to grow as the public system continues to grapple with rising costs and dwindling budgets. (Source: NZ Information Service).