Swedes enjoy world-class health care -- when they get it Sweden has the fifth highest life expectancy in Europe and cancer survival rates are among the highest on the continent, but Swedes are frustrated that their tax-funded healthcare, one of the main pillars of their cherished welfare state, is taking too long to access due to lack of nurses and available doctors in some regions. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES*REFILING WITH PATIENT'S FACE BLURRED*