This is not bashing, it's criticising a system that is broken.  I'm in the US and I have a lot of family here and in Britain.  As far as medical care I'd much rather be in Britain.  Forget the propaganda, asdf, and look at the studies and reports of Americans who have no insurance or cannot get medical care, yet we spend more than the other nations.

We don't have a problem "keeping up with demand" because we simply refuse to treat a lot of people.  I know this not only because I've read it, but because I've had painful experience in this area.  Right now, this very moment as I type, I am in need of some fairly routine medical treatment.  

I've needed this treatment since 1999.  I have pretty good insurance, yet I am not allowed the treatment.  It's medically necessary, but not covered.  I won't die from not having it, but my quality of life is quite severely affected.  I know other people in the same boat.  I know people who can't have the medications they need, or who can't afford their co-pays.  

What do you call that, asdf?  It's not "rationing" and it's not even having to be on a waiting list.  I don't know what it's called, but when you have no options it feels like "fuck you healthcare."  Maybe there's a nicer name.  

The reason I talk about this isn't to bash America, it's to identify a problem which, last I checked, is the first step in solving it.  And I want to solve this problem, I really do.  When you deny the problem, what are you hoping to accomplish?

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes