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The Greek health care system

John Kiriakou's description of Greek health care as a two-tier system in which the private sector buys nothing but position in the queue — a procedure that takes eleven or twelve months on the public system takes one or two privately, and the care itself is the same.

Told that Brazil operates a universal public health service alongside a paid private one, John Kiriakou said the arrangement was the same in Greece, and called the model “an advanced society right there.”[1]

“That”s exactly how it is in Greece. The health care system is fantastic. They have a private system — all the private system does is it gets you moved closer to the front of the line. So if you use just the public system and you need a procedure, maybe it”s going to take eleven or twelve months. If you have the private system, you can get the procedure in one or two months. That”s the only difference.”[2]

The point of the comparison, in context, is that the treatment does not differ by payment — only the waiting does. He offers it in the same conversation in which he argues that Americans do not know what the word socialism means.[2]

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References

  1. Dialogue Works, 2025-12-0949:41 on YouTube · Transcript
  2. Dialogue Works, 2025-12-0950:12 on YouTube · Transcript

Sourced from John Kiriakou's on-record public statements. See his profile for the full body of his interviews, podcast appearances, and short-form video.