One interesting aspect of the setting up of the NHS was that at the time it was fiercely opposed by the British Medical Association, the Professional Association for Doctors.

Now the BMA is about the strongest advocate of the NHS system - here is what it has to say these days about some of recent changes which have crept in over recent years:

"The BMA wants to see the NHS restored to a public service which is publicly funded, publicly provided and publicly accountable. And according to a recent poll by GP newspaper, 75% of doctors also want to see a cap on commercialisation." (From a BMA website Look after our NHS")

I have no doubt that after a decent universally available health system has eventually been achieved in the USA, the very doctors who are currently ranked in opposition to it will in time become its strongest champions.