[ThJ1800]

Quite right. Have you been reading the stories about letting British patients go to private providers on the continent, such as Greece, Germany and France? There was also the study comparing the NHS to a non-profit in California; the NHS didn't fare too well.

[Timesink]

There was also the study comparing the NHS to a non-profit in California...

Yes, Kaiser Permanente, one of the most hated HMOs in the United States. It's the health plan that's so bad, every American who has a choice runs screaming to another insurer - ANY other insurer - and yet they still annihilated the NHS in every category.

That's like managing to find a company whose finances make Enron look like saints.