> “This is what we do in the US. We blame the sick people for being expensive, but the same sick people everywhere else – in the UK – they wouldn’t be causing e

> “This is what we do in the US. We blame the sick people for being expensive, but the same sick people everywhere else – in the UK – they wouldn’t be causing excess costs to the system,” said Peel. This line bugs me. Regardless of who pays for medical care, the costs just don't disappear. With a bigger pool, they're spread across more people so the marginal costs might be lower but the total cost remains the same.