These are absolutely central questions in our everyday lives: Will the ambulance arrive if I need it?
Do I have time to get care for my cancer before it's too late?
It's literally about life and death.
The model with decentralized power makes healthcare a particularly difficult colossus for us journalists.
"The goal for health care is good health and care on equal terms for the entire population
," it says in a key section of the Swedish Care Act.
Do the country's citizens receive care on equal terms, regardless of where they live?
Could the pandemic have affected Sweden more easily with less decentralization?
What are the country's more than 5,000 elected regional politicians really doing all day?
To find out the answers to these questions, it is not enough with local newsrooms - nor with a national digging editorial office.
But when we work together, things happen.
Assignment review, together with SVT's local news and SVT Datajournalistik, has drilled into the Swedish regional system - and its consequences for healthcare.
For three weeks we are now publishing our conclusions.
Large screenings, individual affected.
For such is care, perhaps the voters' most important issue: Systematic and personal, at the same time.