Primates, eh?
Greece needs reforms and probably some serious debt relief, but not beacuse of Germany or the ECB or the IMF, but because of corruption and a taxation culture that is completely inadequate for a modern country.
There is private insurance that basically lets you cut the line in certain cases, mainly ailments where an operation isnt time critical. We do have a few small private specialist hospitals that accept patients that pay their own way, but they work within the system as well. I had an operation on one of these hospitals, paid for by the standard single-payer insurance. Worked just like on any other hospital.
Uncompensated overtime? Just Say No.