@TomF @bruces One of my favourite factoids is that at least as of a couple of years ago the UK spent roughly as much per capita for the NHS as the US spent for Medicaid and Medicare. Only the NHS managed to provide universal cover for that money.

(Not (mainly, at least) Medicaid and Medicare's fault; e.g. Medicare is legally prevented from negotiating a lot of prices w/suppliers(!) - a lot of US healthcare legislation is pretty much corporate welfare)