Comparing "Free" Health Care to US System

The National Center for Policy Analysis compares the "free" British health system to the US system:

• The NHS hip replacement rate is only two-thirds of the U.S. rate.
• To provide the level of intensive care unit (ICU) services that US hospitals have, British hospitals would have to increase their spending by five fold.
• The population-adjusted treatment rate for kidney failure (dialysis or transplant) is five times higher in the United States for patients age 45 to 84 and nine times higher for patients 85 years of age or older.

I lived under the British National Health Service for three years. "Free" health care ain't all it's cracked up to be.