My point, Doug, was that since several people, including Lox had spelt out that under the NHS we all pay for each other, why did you ask a question which seemed to imply that Lox didn't understand that, or was trying to conceal it?

There are umpteen ways of organising a decent health service that makes sure that everyone gets the health care they need. The NHS is only one of those, the one that has been around longer than most of the others.

No reason why the USA shouldn't do it a different way - but plenty of reasons why it has a duty to organise itself so that all its people are able to get decent health care.

And those who would stop the USA at long last moving towards universal health care for all its people should perhaps be ashamed of themselves, and embarrassed at the shame they bring on their country.