'In attempting to gain support for their 'reforms' of the NHS (ie, the further marketisation, privatisation and fragmentation of the health system in England) it would be political suicide for the Conservative-Liberal government to refer to the USA as the example to follow.
In the United States, where the market and the private sector is the most dominant among the world's wealthy countries, not only are population health outcomes among the worst, but the system is by far the most inefficient and expensive, costing an astonishing 17.3% of US gross domestic product' writes Noah Tucker on the 21st Century Socialism website in a comprehensive critique of the Con Dem's Health and Social Care Bill:
http://21stcenturysocialism.com/article/our_nhs_efficient_and_free-_a_heresy_which_the_market_fundamentalists_must_destroy_02047.html
