I'm not American, I'm British and feel as though our approach to healthcare is hobbled by people who think the NHS is some saintly miracle and not a very expensive bureaucracy which provides mediocre value for money.
Secondly, I agree that the NHS is described in almost hagiographic terms by some, especially left-leaning Americans.
On the mediocre value for money, I don't doubt at all that the NHS could change to be better.
That said, from my antipodean point of view, it appears to me that the Tories have been running the classic neoliberal play of "Set metrics that the public service will need more funding to meet, underfund them, point to the inability to meet your metrics as a) obvious proof that the government is inefficient and n bloated and b) reason to carve off the easy services for private sector businesses to fulfill at taxpayer expense, aforementioned private sector businesses often having been good donors, or close personal affiliations to members of your Cabinet. Bonus points if retiring MPs become members of their C-suites or board of directors"
So yeah, the NHS definitely could be better, but I don't think the issues are inherent to it.
Incidentally, our Tories have used that play repeatedly, hence why it's so familiar to me.
