> with government assistance to those who can't afford it? This is the important part of your sentence. The NHS is government assistance, paid for by everybod

> with government assistance to those who can't afford it? This is the important part of your sentence. The NHS is government assistance, paid for by everybody's taxes, for the benefit of everybody. I am absolutely in favour of this, as well as government-provided food and housing. Without free, universal healthcare those poor people than cannot afford outrageous prices under a US-style insurance system for example are, to put it midly, fucked.