Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps headed by a Brit. Ironic, isn't it?

While many of his patients have medical insurance, often it is inadequate to cover what British patients would consider basic care provided by the NHS.

One woman at the Inglewood stadium, Kenya Smith, said she needed a check-up for her two-week-old daughter Zoe but she would have to pay extra beyond her insurance.

"They wanted $1,500 (£900) for just to be seen by the doctor ... That was a lot of money I thought," she told CBS News.

Great clip Bear, thanks

If we could only figure out a way to dress national health care up as if it were a war against a poor country somewhere overseas, the cons would be climbing all over themselves to support it.

"The War Against Disease and Injury"?

That's how it works. At my last employment, they offered a health plan that was only $20 a month. Sound too good to be true? Of course it was. There was a $2,000 annual deductible! The Dr visits were $500 ea.for just for the visit and they were NOT included as a deduction. Medicine was 2/3 copay.
One would have to have a catastrophic illness to accrue that much in year, and who if that sick, is going to be working full-time?
And so it goes on, and on, and on.

The US is the only developed nation which doesn't have taxpayer funded universal health coverage(!)

And as a result, America's Healthcare System is ranked a measly 37th in the world. Profit-Driven Healthcare CANNOT provide services worthy of an industrialized nation.