We MUST NOT let an NHS occur here!
I have been reading a lot about these UK NHS horror stories and they are horrific. It seems as if many of the doctors are totally incompetent. The staff is indifferent, and the hospitals are absolute sh*tholes. There are probably a lot of reasons for this and the NHS is at the center of them.
That said, readers would be advised to know that the UK also has a "private option" that provides excellent care, if you can pay for it.
Now for the real bad news to you, OB, and your countrymen. From what I have seen, the health care being proposed by the dems for you and yours is not along the lines of the much maligned Canadian model. It isn't even close to the horrific UK model. You should be so lucky. It is far closer to the pre WW II German model or the post WW II Soviet model.
My American friends on FR are in for a rude and painful shock if Obama and the gang are able to pull this off.