Many Americans and many politicians often do look to other countries for examples of how to do something right. The problem is we have a loud-mouthed national-p

Many Americans and many politicians often do look to other countries for examples of how to do something right. The problem is we have a loud-mouthed national-pride movement that believes in American exceptionalism and can constantly think of excuses as to why Canada's system wouldn't work here, or the NHS wouldn't work here, or every other country's system wouldn't work here. We're unique, so those other systems won't work here. We also have a large contingent of people who take immense pride in voting against their own self-interest. They'll look to Canada's system and say "yeah but they wait for days to get an x-ray for a broken arm" ignoring the fact that they themselves couldn't even afford to get an x-ray. But it's worth it because even though I can't get healthcare, the people I hate can't get it either. As shown by the most recent election, it's political suicide to imply that America isn't the single greatest nation in the world. It's even worse to suggest that we should be asking some other country for help. Those other countries are communists, and the only communist we like is Russia.