A major difference to keep in mind is that Socialist Medicine tends to be very heavily focused on health “care.”
The State is happy to hire tens of thousands of people to drive around and change bed pans and sheets and microwave meals. They’ll pay for stupid massages, etc.
Where they stink is health “cure.” They spend their money on the “care” aspect so that the people are fooled into thinking that the government is really taking care of them. It isn’t until they become truly sick and need extensive treatment (cure) to be healed do they realize that the state does not consider them a valuable enough investment.
This split is similar to what we face with our health insurance. It is almost impossible to get “major medical” which is insurance against a catastrophe. Instead, THE STATE requires that insurance companies provide all kinds of options to everyone they cover (contraception, fertility treatments, alternative treatment, gym memberships, etc.). This would be the “CARE” part. As a result, those who want only catastrophic insurance (the “CURE” part) have to pay out the wazoo for all that other crap they do not want.
Once again, it is the STATE interfering in the free market that has created this problem. And of course the STATISTS blame the free market and use it a reason to demand even more power.
Result - communist style dissatisfaction all round with the 'free' services (which you pay for with your 50% taxes). No provider takes pride in their work and they despise their customers. And behind it all are the bosses who are more equal than the common man. Thank you SEIU!