The UK spends half what the average US citizen does on healthcare per head - how can we have a high cost of healthcare?
Are you sure of your figures here? As discussed previously, we spend 6.5% of GDP on the NHS in the UK, mostly in the form of a 30% component of VAT.
With median UK incomes at - what - 22K? - this comes to about £1440 a year.
So this is the point for discussion: do our American FRiends really spend about $4000 per year on healthcare? Even if they do, their median incomes are higher, so the real question is - what % of median income do Americans spend on healthcare?