This is a facile approach to making an argument against US Healthcare--far too simplistic, imho. There are plenty of nations with socialism/communism where healthcare is either non-existent or impossible to get because of rationing. So it's not like that's some terribly invalid argument. Further, even with the more "civilized" Western nations, the cracks in those socialized systems are showing--the UK, Canada, and others. Finally, the countries with the allegedly great healthcare are pretty small compared to the USA. I can't speak for India, of course, but I kind of think that a nation that lacks flush toilets for a large percentage of its population would also be suspect in terms of broad applicability around what was stated. In simpler terms: If you're wealthy, you can get great healthcare almost anywhere. The US has its lumps, but there is no waiting for necessary treatments and while insurance is expensive, so is healthcare.

I guess I'm also happy that our government doesn't run it because just regulating it as much as has been done has led to what we experience today. Is greedy profiteering built in to the system? Undoubtably. But there are serious risks to reforming such a complex system.