| akuma587 said: I am a proponent of socialized health care for instance. We are the only one of the top 25 industrialized nations without a universal health care system, and we are also in the bottom half of those 25 nations in terms of the quality of health care we provide to our citizens. |
You have to remember that socialised health care is a very, very expensive process. It eats through £5 billion every two weeks in the UK, or $5 billion a week. That means, according to estimations, in ~100-150 weeks it costs the same for the UK on the NHS as what the US has spent on the Iraq war (estimate). Considering the size of the US and its population, it will cost a whole lot more in the states, as well.*
*Those costs are based on whether you mean an NHS universal healthcare. As the NHS is the only healthcare system of its kind. And is the only one to cover all areas of healthcare "from cradel to grave".
'The NHS is committed to providing quality care that meets the needs of everyone, is free at the point of need, and is based on a patient's clinical need, not their ability to pay. The NHS will not exclude people because of their health status or ability to pay.' <- A nice quote from the NHS website.
