Swedish health officials tried and failed to cut queues by increasing direct funding for hospitals and even issued an edict requiring hospitals to cut queues for elective operations to three months.
In Britain, which has been described as an "elective dictatorship", the next government, likely to be the Conservative party, will inherit a fiscal mess.
Now the New England Journal of Medicine argues in an editorial that sleep-deprived physicians set to perform elective surgery should have to get the informed consent of the patient.
No state is more riled than Idaho, a conservative stronghold where Republicans have overwhelming control of the legislature and hold every statewide elective office.
Now he worries about graduating on time, having been locked out of some overcrowded courses, including Spanish and a public-policy elective.
