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Rationing of organs and waiting lists for them aren't because of money or because gubmint runs healthcare (it doesn't by the way): it's because there is a very limited number of organs available at any one time.
This is the case in every country. Every country rations access to transplanted organs in order to try and get as many successful transplants as possible from the low number of organs available at any given time.
That rationing usually goes along the lines of prioritising certain potential outcomes over others: in other words, if someone is unlikely to live for more than two years after the transplant they will be a lower priority than someone who is likely to live another ten years with the transplant. If the reason for the need for transplant is because of something the patient is doing (such as drinking) and the patient is going to continue to do that thing then they are unlikely to be a higher priority than someone who is making every effort to stop doing that thing.
In an ideal world, everybody who needs an organ would have one, because every person capable of donating an organ would do so. A lot of people do not want to donate organs in death. Or they do not want their relative's organs to be removed for donation.
This is something every country has to cope with.
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