Sen. Mitt Romney recently criticized Democrats for pursuing a “socialist agenda” when it comes to expanding health care coverage to something approaching “Medicare for All.” He implied similar health care systems in other countries have failed. Specifically, he pointed out Great Britain. For example, he claimed, “In Britain, it takes three months to get an MRI.”
Before specifically responding to Romney, it’s foolish to hope that America will in the near future engage in a universal government sponsored health care system like Great Britain or any of the other industrialized nations in the world. The best the Democrats could come up with in moving in that direction was an intermediate step when they for a short time controlled both the presidency and Congress.