Cyfr, so sorry to hear that your health problems have still not been resolved. What a treadmill you've been on the last year and a half!
Coincidence, perhaps, that you should bring up this subject again since Eric from Ontario and I have been having a little back and forth on the merits, (or lack thereof), of socialized medicine on another thread. I just pulled up an article from June 8th, 2005, written by David Asman, comparing the care his wife received under the British NHS vs that of the U.S. system. I think it is a very fair assessment.
www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110006785