The British Are Surprisingly Satisfied With Their Controversial Socialized Health Care System

It turns out the British National Health Service (NHS) — a system free at the point of service and funded by tax money — is pretty popular, despite the frequent controversy in the tabloids (one recent Daily Mail headline, "Thousands Dying Of Thirst On NHS"). An impressive 61% of respondents said they were "satisfied" with the socialized health care system, according to a British Social Attitudes survey released today. To give you an idea of how that stacks against the U.S. health care sys...