The NHS is part of the government, so how can it not be the government's fault? The mental logistics to come to the conclusion that the NHS is not at fault for mismanagement of the NHS is mindboggling.
Which governments repossess your house for not paying for your " free " healthcare
Try not paying your UK medical bills (or taxes). Per the NHS website, only primary care is 'free' in the UK, unless you are a visitor or immigrant, then it is not, for the non-primary care, you pay out of pocket and then NHS can levy any costs as debt. As I showed with my statistics earlier, it's possible to get bankrupted from medical costs in the UK just as well.
Outpatient prescription drugs are subject to a copayment of GBP 8.80 per prescription (very similar to US co-pays FYI). NHS dentistry services are subject to copayments of up to GBP 256.50 (which is very hefty, given we in the US pay (without insurance) ~$50-75 to see a dentist). For eye glasses and contacts NHS gives vouchers, the difference is paid out of pocket (in the US you can get an eye exam and 2 pairs of glasses or 1 year worth of contacts for $65 without insurance). So you definitely pay something out of pocket, if you don't pay that, you owe money, you go bankrupt, you can lose all your property because you can always 'fall back' on government housing (which is just as excellent and available as your healthcare system).
@LoveUni:
IN THE US, you cannot get your primary house repossessed in bankruptcy. You can be forced to downsize if you live beyond your means, you can have a secondary home repossessed, but a 'regular' person will not lose their car, the equity for a reasonably sized house or most of their possessions in any bankruptcy proceeding.
What you said is already how it is, people just continue to believe the ongoing droning of wannabe communists that somehow the government should own all the means of production, take your possessions and run your life for you.
In New York, there is practically speaking Universal Health Care for anyone that is "poor" (relatively speaking, in the UK you would find that upper limit to be "upper middle class") ran by the local state in addition to federal programs, they also set up sanctuary cities for extreme medical procedures, immigrants etc. In Texas there is less of that (except perhaps for Austin), they have the federal system and a smaller state system. Where are people moving to, where are people less likely to default due to medical debts, which state has the better and lower cost medical systems, the answer is obvious, NYS lost $13B in tax revenues last year because people moved away. If people that got sick were flocking to NY or CA, it would be obvious, except most of the elderly flee to Florida, Texas and the Carolinas.
