Precisely zero countries have dismantled a 1.6 trillion dollar, 80 year old health insurance system. That's not to say it's impossible to do, or that we should

Precisely zero countries have dismantled a 1.6 trillion dollar, 80 year old health insurance system. That's not to say it's impossible to do, or that we shouldn't. But, an economic, political, and social mass of this magnitude doesn't turn on a dime. Other places had the luxury of solving the problem much earlier and on much smaller scales.