... While I think there are some good ideas to be built into the American system from European nationalized health care, IMHO, Americans will not buy what has come with those systems--waiting lists for surgical procedures, use of "gate keepers" to determine if you really need to see a specialist, etc.  

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There are no waiting lists and no gate keepers to determine anything.

I'm insured with the most common health insurance company in Germany and can chose to go to whatever gp, specialist, dentist, hospital, clinic I like.

Please don't compare the underfunded UK system with ours.

"The USA appears destined by fate to plague America with misery in the name of liberty." Simon Bolivar, Caracas, 1819