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As I understand things in the USA there is very basic healthcare for all. On top of that anyone can purchase a separate plan, although most people buy into corporate schemes which are significantly cheaper.
If money is no object the standard of health care in the USA is fantastic. However taking the whole country into account the standard is very poor compared to GDP.
The problem in the USA is that there isn't enough money to go around to give everybody the excellent standard of health care that the rich enjoy. As a result it would lead to either decreases in quality of care for some people, or enormous tax increases.
Americans do not view health care in the same way that Brits and Europeans do. Over here I think we view healthcare as a basic human right and the system in the USA to be mind boggling. Americans view health care in the same way as material posessions, in that it is something to strive to earn money for in order to purchase. I think that's probably exaggerating things a little, to say all Americans feel that way.
Is that in any way correct?
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