+many more.
There are, no doubt, problems with the systems in other developed nations. Imperfection is really easy to achieve in large systems, but none of the players opposing ACA are trying to make it better or proposing an alternative that would even meet the most basic needs of the American uninsured. They are, and have been, since long before it became law, trying to kill ACA or make it worse, so It cannot succeed and survive. It is either simple political opposition or the more complex support of more powerful political lobbies than the people they were elected to represent. and it is directly at odds with the health of the American people and the American economy. It is anything but conservative. It is, at best, blind worship of free markets, at worst, the cynical manipulation of the system to the benefit of powerful constituencies.
All of this discussion of the issues, here and in other countries, will only be relevant when we have decided to address the issues, to reform our healcare system instead of obstructing any attempts to do so.
As with all complex endeavors, it starts with objectives, and healthcare ROI should be a tertiary goal, behind cost control and, #1 -- universal world class care. A lofty goal? Sure. An unachievable one? Perhaps. When, exactly, did we stop trying?
It should be painfully clear, to anyone who is paying attention, that anyone in Washington failing to work diligently and obviously toward those goals, does not represent the American people, they represent the end of representation, and they should be removed from the American political system. Before someone asks how we pay for it -- skip the next few elective wars/nation-buildings, stop trying to be the world's police department.
Tim