Jack,
I appreciate all the information you have provided and I am sure it will guide you in the direction you choose. Like others I have experience and still have family under state run health care. It has good and bad points as most universal/state run organizations have. I have never tried to compare only one aspect of a government under socialism as some do. The gun control folks look at Japan as did the auto industry of years gone by. After we have found the culture from the groud up is different enough to be less than a good comparison. As in any good debate we use what supports our point of view as I have. My short life and an exposure of four years in the Pacific and another four years in Holland with extended family in Norway all leads me to be cautious about comparisons by any cause no matter how well versed they seam. This is only one more opinion for thought.
Best,
Ron