The NHS & the United States of America

[asheep_uk]

Amazing to me that anyone wants to give these same people control of health care when they have $7 billion in losses sending envelopes. All the while, the private alternatives doing the same thing remain profitable and offer better and more innovative service.

For fewer people.

FlashLackey, let's say the ‘United Health Service’ sprung up overnight. The government started taking $250 more tax off your paycheque, but you no longer need to pay anything for medical insurance. You could choose whichever UHS hospital you wanted and whenever you walked out, you would never have to take care of any bills or insurance, ever. Hypothetically, the UHS provides the same level of care that private hospitals do, using the same doctors, but you have to share a room with 3 other people.

Would you run straight out and buy private medical insurance?