Canadian or UK DU'ers, tell us about your health care system experiences! [View All]

[kixot]

This may be vague, but we here in the states tend to get into arguments with right-wingers where we are told that a "socialized" (note the "socialism" implication) or universal medical system CAN'T work and that the British and Canadian systems are hemorrhaging money and that health care is so poor that doctors are leaving the country faster Cuban dissidents. The overwhelming question from a repukelickens tend to be "Who's going to pay for it?", from which one can deduce that they opine that only those who can afford health are entitled to it.

So, what's the real story. Anybody have any experiences or statistical data to share that we here in the states can use as ammo against the accusations?