Re: I don't get the mentality of the US healthcare consumers.
Without an actual number your kinds of claims are meaningless. You (and everyone else) are taxed at some rate that's not disclosed. That has to compare against what we pay out of pocket. With no data whatsoever, it's pretty hard to actually make that comparison.
Americans probably have more to spend either way. They just choose to ignore the possibility of a future calamity (of any sort).
Someone mentioned the idea of non-free health services needing to compete with fine dining (and other luxuries). People would rather pay for a pedicure than a doctor. If you think this would be a problem in the UK. Magnify it by 10x across the pond.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
