[DGthe3]

America has some of the greatest doctors in the world and some of the best facilities in the world. But from what I have read, around 1 in 10 Americans don't have health insurance and their household income is less than 50k a year, that really sucks if you are that 1 person and require a long hospital stay. In Canada, only 1 million people (~3%) don't have access to doctors, I'm sure that there will be similar results when looking at the U.K. Of course, these numbers aren't quite apples to apples but they do illustrate the point. The wait lines are long in the private system because more people can go and use it without worring about the bill. However, doctors that would rather move to the US and make more money end up creating a brain drain that hinders our medical system. Again, I am speaking for Canada but it would apply to the Brits as well.