Except that the per-capita spend on health in the US is approximately three times what it is in the UK, which seems to corresponds quite nicely to what you're s

Except that the per-capita spend on health in the US is approximately three times what it is in the UK, which seems to corresponds quite nicely to what you're saying is the difference in salaries. So, actually, yeah, you probably could move to a UK style solution, with the same per-capita spend as in the US while still preserving the seemingly very high wages for doctors and nurses.