""The public, as a whole, does not think healthcare is a "crisis", but a problem that needs to be addressed. Carefully.""
Now, I might just be able to swallow that wholly unsupported opinion, had it come from one of the 47 million who don't have access.
Could you produce some?..........NO! I don't suppose you mix in those circles.
""The fact that a couple of British ex-pats think the NHS is just hunky dory, also means nothing.""
Now that is just TOTAL crap. You have the evidence of a whole nation of beneficiaries of the NHS system, who would cheerfully, and without hesitation, cut the balls off any politico who tried to do away with it.
That's 70 million mate, not "a couple of ex pats". If that's the best you've got to offer, you really shouldn't bother.