It's a shame the US doesn't have something like the NHS. It's far from perfect, but it's effective and (arguably more important to the average person) relatively cheap. Sadly though, i'm not really sure how practical it is for the US at this point. The Democrats and Republicans could come to joint agreement on the topic, the insurance industry walk into the sun, and scale alone would still make it an unbelievable complex task. Were it not for Attlee and Churchill's post-WW2 efforts (far be it different efforts :p), and the public's general desire at the time to see change, there's a good chance the UK wouldn't have an NHS either.








