It's certainly not the most effective, that would probably be Japan. My point was that Switzerland has probably one of the systems closest to the US, so it's th

It's certainly not the most effective, that would probably be Japan. My point was that Switzerland has probably one of the systems closest to the US, so it's the easiest to compare and would also be one of the easiest for the US to copy, were it not for all the pharmaceutical lobbying going on (maybe Trump will solve that?) I just like to use it to point out how the common American argument against universal healthcare don't really apply. "it's socialist!" - no, you can have a system where everyone pays in according to insurer determined risk factors, pay less overall and still be within what people at minimum wages can afford. Below that you subsidize with taxes, but that costs very little compared to total health spending.