Britain healthcare: British fear 'American-style' healthcare system - latimes.com

Britain healthcare: British fear 'American-style' healthcare system - latimes.com: "act that millions of their cousins across the Atlantic have no insurance and can't afford decent treatment is a farce as well as a tragedy." Ask a Briton to describe "American-style" healthcare, and you'll hear a catalog of horrors that include grossly expensive and unnecessary medical procedures and a privatized system that favors the rich. For a people accustomed to free healthcare for all, regardless of income, the fact that millions of their cousins across the Atlantic have no insurance and can't afford decent treatment is a farce as well as a tragedy.