[WayneS]

Thank you for the thoughtful reply. I apologize if I came across as hostile - it appears I misinterpreted a couple of your comments.

[Cronos]

no worries, we live and learn. The leftist media tries to say "look at Denmark, why can't the USA be like Denmark" - forgetting the massive difference in area, population, global weight, GDP, market, diversity etc.

The same is true vice-versa, what works in the USA may not work in Denmark

I honestly do believe based on my research into things (and I am NOT an expert) that the US medical system has been irreparably broken by Obamacare. It is a half-way point between single-payer and an open market. The US system was distorted by insurance money before, but Obamacare only exasperated it. Now with sky-high premiums, even those who could have afforded healthcare earlier, can't.

This is unacceptable

To ek-hornbeck, I think the Singapore non-voluntary yet private approach makes sense because insurance is based on diversifying risk. Otherwise no insurance company would take the older and / or sicker folks

Also the idea that you must pay for usage, even if it is a small amount, reduces overuse as we seen in the NHS (UK) or NFZ. It looks like a good system for singapore