Right, I know. But the UK already has socialized medicine, and does not have 50 different states with 50 different little bureacracies already taking care of the needs of it's citizens. Here, intrinsically, the federal govt is really only suppose to oversee the union of the 50 states and provide national defense. That is why the US president is also known as the commander in chief, of the military. When it starts getting involved in the private lives of citizens it most always fails. Today also, corporate interests greatly influence political decisions and tax money trails and cannot be overlooked.

The discussion that somedaysoon started only uses the UK's NHS as an example of failure to begin a discussion of a like system of socialized medicine in the US. Which is why realizing that each state, by itself, already provides for it's people to great degree, is essential.