We don't need government to screw up our system in the US.

That certainly appears to be the case...
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"anything but ideal" - well that's true of everything in this world isn't it?   Of course we don't think everything here is perfect, still less actually say so, because that's not the way we work over here - but I don't think there are many people, doctors or patients, who'd switch with the American system.